412 , Descj-iptive Catalogue [1896. 



narrow although distinct median longitudinal groove ; elytra elon- 

 gate, subcylindrical, punctato-striate, the two juxta-sutural striae 

 punctured as far as the median part, only the lateral ones 

 punctured as far as two-thirds of the length, the posterior part 

 striated without punctures as far as the apex, punctures small, 

 intervals raised slightly in the anterior part ; under side black ; legs 

 reddish. Length 4 mm. ; width 1 mm. 



The facies is not unlike that of a Clivina, owing to the elongate 

 form of the prothorax, but the angles are obtuse, and the digitation 

 of the anterior tibiae is that of Dyscliirius. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Dyschieius obnatus, Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vol. iii., 1885, p. 78. 



Very light bronze with a rufescent tinge ; labrum, mandibles, palpi, 

 and the three basal joints of antennae rufescent, the other joints 

 infuscate ; head smooth on the vertex and behind ; prothorax smooth, 

 very convex, finely grooved longitudinally in the centre, broader at the 

 base than at the apex with the outer sides gradually ampliated from 

 the anterior to the basal part ; elytra elongate, subcylindrical with 

 the base sloping slightly from the peduncle to the humeral angle, deeply 

 punctato-striate ; from the base to past the middle, striate laterally 

 from there with the punctures evanescent, and with a broad ante- 

 median smooth space between the first and fourth striae, and a 

 narrower one at the apex of the dorsal striae, the ]30sterior part of 

 the elytra, the under side and the tibiae are fiavescent ; the femorae 

 are darker. Length 4J mm. ; width IJ mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Dyschtrius capensis, Per., 

 Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vol. iii., 1885, p. 78. 



Bronze, shining ; labrum, mandibles, palpi, legs, and the three 

 basal joints of antennae reddish, the other joints of the antennae 

 infuscate ; head smooth ; prothorax globose, smooth, faintly grooved 

 longitudinally in the middle ; elytra elongate subcylindrical, sub- 

 truncate at the base, punctato-striate, the punctures moderately 

 deep from the base to about the median part, and disappearing 

 almost altogether from there to the apex, where the striae themselves 

 become very faint ; the intervals in the anterior part slightly raised, 

 bronze, shining, with a lateral reddish not very well-defined patch at 

 the posterior declivity, under side black. Length 3^4 mm. ; width 

 1-1^ mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Grahamstown). ^ 



