1896.] of the Colcoptcra of South Africa. 



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convex, narrowly striate with the intervals plane, the second one 

 with two or three punctures in the posterior part, and the third one 

 with four, extending from the base to the median part ; these punc- 

 tures are situated almost in the stria, and are not always very well 

 defined. Length 10-11 mm. ; width 3f-5 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Port St. John), Natal (D'Urban), 

 Mozambique (Rikatla) . 



The species occurs also at Mombassa, East x\frica. My examples 

 from Mozambique are larger than those from Natal. 



Anisodactylus incrassatus, Bohem. 

 Harpalus incrassatus, Insect. Caffr., i., p. 204. 



Black, very shining in both sexes ; antennae, palpi, labrum, and 

 legs ferruginous ; prothorax broader at the apex than at the base, 

 with the posterior part of the outer sides sinuate and the angle 

 moderately sharp, smooth on the disk, with the base aciculate, 

 lateral margins narrowly ferruginous ; elytra broader than the 

 prothorax at the base, parallel, hardly convex, narrowly punctato- 

 striate, with the intervals convex but not carinate. Length 

 14-14^ mm. ; width 5-5-| mm. 



Hab. Zambezia (Middle Limpopo River). 



Anisodactylus nitens. 



Bright metallic green on the upper side ; labrum, palpi, antennae, 

 legs, and under side ferruginous ; head smooth ; prothorax rounded 

 laterally, a little narrower in the posterior than in the anterior part, 

 smooth on the disk, but with the posterior depressed part densely 

 punctured ; elytra parallel, a little broader than the prothorax, 

 nearly straight at the base, with the shoulders not rounded, 

 depressed, narrowly striate with the striae finely punctured, the 

 punctures hardly noticeable on the posterior part of the four dorsal 

 striae ; intervals distinctly plane. Length 10 mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Pretoria). 



Gen. BRADYB^NUS, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., iv., p. 160. 



Excavation of the mentum moderately broad ; base straight ; inner 

 part of the lobes at first perpendicular, and then oblique towards the 

 apical part, the angle of which is very acute ; ligula long, triangular, 

 and slightly sinuate at the tip, as broad there as the paraglossae, 

 which are rounded laterally, and have three or four short setae on 

 the outer side, united with the ligula, and with the apical angle hardly 

 projecting ; last joint of maxillary and labial palpi fusiform, truncate 



