434 Descrij^tive Catalogue [1896. 



pubescent and without any seriated punctures ; under side subiri- 

 descent. Length 13-15 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Lourengo-Marquez), Ovampoland (Cunene 

 Eiver) . 



Hypolithus pokeectus. 



Black, subopaque, with a very faint iridescence on the prothorax 

 and elytra ; antennae, palpi, and legs light ferruginous ; head finely 

 aciculate from the epistoma to the base ; prothorax a little attenuate 

 in the anterior and posterior parts, posterior angles not acute, disk 

 plane with a little lateral depression behind, closely punctured all 

 over, extreme edge of the outer margins light ferruginous ; elytra 

 elongate, parallel, narrowly striate, intervals plane, closely aciculate, 

 briefly pubescent, and without any seriated punctures ; under side 

 piceous, slightly iridescent. Length 13-14 mm. ; width 5-5^ mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland (Cunene Eiver), Natal (Maritzburg, Eshowe). 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but the prothorax is slightly 

 less broad and the elytra more parallel, not at all ampliate past the 

 median part ; the pubescence on the elytra is also less dense, some- 

 times hardly discernible. 



I have retained for this species De Chaudoir's collection name. 



Hypolithus holosericeous, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., iv., p. 171. 

 H. marginicollis , Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., p. 195. 



Black, very briefly pubescent ; elytra very faintly iridescent in the 

 centre, palpi, labrum, antennae, and legs yellowish red ; head and 

 prothorax finely and closely aciculate, the latter hardly impressed 

 laterally behind, outer margin narrowly edged with ferruginous 

 brown ; elytra slightly broader than the base of the prothorax, 

 elongate, nearly parallel, narrowly striate, intervals plane, and very 

 finely shagreened ; no seriated punctures on the intervals. Length 

 11-13 mm. ; width 4-|~5 mm. 



De Chaudoir considers H. marginicollis, Bohem., as a variety of 

 H. Jiolosericeus, Dej. ; the latter is a little larger than the former, 

 but I am unable to differentiate the two. 



Hab. Mozambique (Lourenco-Marquez). 



Hypolithus caffee, Bohem., 

 Insect. Cafli*., i., p. 196. 



Black, moderately shining ; elytra with a very faint iridescence 

 and covered with an extremely short pubescence ; palpi, labrum, 

 antennae, and legs light ferruginous ; head smooth or very faintly 

 aciculate ; prothorax slightly impressed laterally in the posterior 



