1896.] of the Colcoptera of South Africa. 411 



base subdiagonal ; elytra parallel, truncate at the base, with the 

 shoulders slightly rounded, narrowly punctato-striate from the base 

 to the top of the posterior declivity, with the first, second, and third 

 intervals moderately plane, and the others more carinate, suture 

 slightly raised, and prescutellary strige short, basal setigerous punc- 

 ture on the third interval sometimes nearly obliterated. Length 

 6f-7 mm- ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Gen. DYSCHIEIUS, Bonelh, 

 Observ. Entom., part i., Mem. Acad. Tur., 1813, p. 483. 



Mentum subquadrate, moderately deep and without a median 

 tooth; paraglossae and ligula of Glivina; last joint of maxillary 

 palpi occasionally inflated inwardly or subsecuriform in the male ; 

 mandibles long, falcate ; antennae moniliform ; head impressed 

 laterally, ante-ocular ridge well-defined ; prothorax globose, seldom 

 elongated, convex ; elytra oblong or elongato-ovate, depressed near 

 the suture at a short distance from the base ; anterior tibiae deeply 

 incised in the inner part and ending in a long spine, the outer part 

 compressed and ending in a long apical spur preceded by a short 

 tooth. 



Synopsis of Species. 



I. 



Median part of the prothorax not ampliated laterally. 

 Punctures on the elytra reaching from the base to the posterior 

 declivity dispar. 



II. 



Prothorax gradually ampliated laterally from the apex to past 

 the median part. 



Elytra with a smooth patch between the first and fourth striae . . ornatus, 



III. 

 Prothorax globose. 



Prothorax smooth ; elytra with a posterior rufescent patch . . capensls. 

 Elytra without any rufescent patch. 



Light bronze ; antennae flavous ; punctures moderately deep . . flavicornis. 



Dark bronze ; antenna black ; punctures broad and deep . . . . parvuliis. 



Prothorax punctulate ; elytra ovate puncticollis. 



Dyschirius dispar. 

 Black, with a faint metallic tinge, shining; palpi, antennae, labrum, 

 ,and mandibles reddish ; head deeply impressed laterally in the 

 .anterior part, smooth in the middle and behind ; prothorax a little 

 longer than broad, and a little broader in the posterior than on the 

 anterior part with the outer sides not ampliated, slightly marginate 

 but with the angles rounded, smooth, shining, and with a very 



