1896.] of the ColeojJtera of South Africa. 425 



Black ; the two basal joints of antennae maculated with black ; 

 lateral edges of prothorax not ferruginous, basal part of j)rothorax 

 slightly aciculate ; elytra striate, intervals nearly plane ; labrum 

 very short ccbjf^''^' 



Basal joints of antennae not maculated with black ; labrum very 

 long sobrinus. 



Prothorax with a faintly ferruginous margin, basal part very 

 faintly aciculate ; intervals of elytra slightly convex ; strige not 

 punctured mistralis. 



Prothorax with a narrow ferruginous margin, as broad in the 

 middle as the base of the elytra ; elytra narrowly striate, intervals 

 depressed Uarpalinus. 



Posterior angles of the prothorax acute ; prothorax with a narrow, 

 ferruginous margin ; elytra punctato-striate, intervals raised, 

 convex incrassatus. 



Upper side metallic green ; lateral part of the base densely punc- 

 tured ; elytra narrowly punctato-striate, intervals plane nitens. 



Anisodactylus melanaeius, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 192. 



Black, very shining ; head quite smooth ; palpi and the two basal 

 joints of antennae rufescent ; the other joints brownish, very pubes- 

 cent ; labrum, epistoma, and head quite smooth ; prothorax one- 

 fourth longer than broad, slightly sinuate at the apex, very slightly 

 ampliated from the apical angle to the median part, and from there 

 narrowed in a lesser degree towards the posterior angles, which are 

 moderately rounded, base truncate, but very slightly sinuate above 

 the scutellum and a little broader than the apical part, deeply 

 grooved longitudinally in the middle, smooth on the disk, which is 

 deplanate behind and deeply and closely aciculate there ; elytra 

 parallel, with the base straight and the shoulders not rounded, 

 attenuated in the posterior part and sinuate towards the apex, nearly 

 plane, narrowly punctato-striate, with the striae finely punctured and 

 the intervals raised, moderately broad and subcarinate ; under side 

 and legs light piceous, tarsi rufescent. Length 13^-14 mm. ; 

 width 5 mm. 



Hab. Zambezia (Upper Limpopo Eiver). 



Anisodactylus caffee, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 193. 



Black, shining ; palpi and antennae rufescent, the two basal joints 

 of the latter maculated with black on the upper side ; labrum very 

 short, slightly sinuate in the middle, head smooth ; prothorax one- 

 fourth broader than long, moderately rounded from the apex to a 

 little past the median part, posterior anglss not acute, transverse 

 anterior impression on the disk well defined, median longitudinal 

 groove conspicuous, basal part of the disk very slightly aciculate ; 



