i 



1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 349 



tomentum, posterior part faintly striate, the intervals with evanescent 

 punctures, a very short narrow white sutural line at the base, and at 

 the apex a narrow, subtriangular patch. Length 21-22 mm. ; width 

 6-7 mm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban, Malvern, Maritzburg, Newcastle), Trans- 

 vaal (Pretoria). 



I am unable to find any difference between Boheman's type of 

 P. spuria and the typical notata. 



POLYHIRMA OPULENTA, Bohem., 



Plate VIIL, fig. 6. 

 Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 9. 

 P. scutellaris, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1861, ii., p. 573. 



Head with a fulvous pubescence ; prothorax cordiform, closely 

 punctured, grooved in the centre with a very broad, longitudinal 

 median fulvous band ; elytra elongato-ovate, depressed, each one 

 with eight acute costae reaching from the base to nearly the apex, 

 the intervals with a series of broad punctures shallower in the 

 posterior part, a short, basal, broad sutural fulvous patch, none at 

 the apex. Length 18-24 mm. ; width 6-8 mm. 



Hah. Damaraland (Svakop Kiver), Northern Namaqualand. 



PoLYHiEMA Fkitschi, Chaud., 

 Coleopt. Novit., 1883, p. 27. 



Head with a fulvous pubescence ; prothorax cordiform, nearly as 

 broad as long, punctulate, broadly grooved in the centre, with a 

 faint, fulvous, pubescent median band, very thick and broad at the 

 apex ; elytra oblongo-ovate, moderately convex in the anterior part, 

 depressed behind, each one with eight costae, the outer one hardly 

 reaching from near the apex to the median part, the three inner ones 

 extending from the base to a little past the middle, and the outer 

 ones reaching further, intervals with a series of moderately broad 

 foveae, posterior part smooth in the centre, on the scutellum a broad, 

 fulvous, pubescent patch, lateral and posterior margin faintly pubes- 

 cent. Length 25-31 mm. ; width 10-11 mm. 



Hah. Bechuanaland (Kuruman). 



POLYHIRMA ChAUDOIRI, P6r., 



Plate VIIL, fig. 8. 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, p. 101. 



Black, shining ; head without any pubescence ; prothorax cordi- 

 form, with a broad longitudinal depression and a very narrow groove, 

 apparently hairless ; elytra oblong, depressed in the anterior part. 



