436 Descri2)tive Catalogue [1896. 



Hypolithus connexus. 



Black, shining on the upper part ; palpi, labrum, antennae, and 

 legs ferruginous ; head smooth ; prothorax smooth on the anterior 

 part, finely aciculate in the posterior lateral depressions and in the 

 basal part, outer margins narrowly ferruginous ; elytra elongate, 

 suboblong, striate, plane, deeply aciculate, the third, fifth, and 

 seventh intervals v^ith a conspicuous series of spaced punctures, less 

 distinct, however, on the seventh interval. Length 10 mm. ; width 

 3-| mm. 



An intermediate forixi between H. integer, of which it has the more 

 massive facies, and H. glaber, from which it differs by the more 

 ampliate prothorax, the absence of iridescence on the elytra, and the 

 deeper and much more conspicuous aciculation of the elytra. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban). 



Hypolithus glabee, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 197. 



Black, very iridescent on the upper part ; palpi, antennae, and legs 

 flavescent, labrum ferruginous, under side piceous ; head smooth ; 

 prothorax with a distinct light ferruginous outer margin, smooth 

 with the posterior lateral depressions and the ba^se finely aciculate ; 

 elytra elongate, subparallel, striate, intervals plane, slightly aciculate, 

 the third and fifth with a series of distinct spaced punctures. Length 

 9-10 mm. ; width 3-3f mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch, Seymour, Knysna, Transkei), 

 Natal (Newcastle, D'Urban, Maritzburg), Transvaal (Rustenburg), 

 Bechuanaland (Gaberones). 



Hypolithus inteestitialis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 199. 



Black, shining on the upper part, not iridescent, under side 

 piceous; antennae, palpi, labrum, and legs flavescent ; head smooth; 

 prothorax smooth, slightly aciculate in the lateral posterior depres- 

 sions, outer sides narrowly ferruginous ; elytra elongate, parallel, 

 striate, intervals moderately plane and deeply aciculate, third and 

 fifth with two conspicuous series of spaced punctures. Length 

 8f-9 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Closely allied to H. glaber, but a little narrower ; the elytra are 

 not iridescent, and the intervals are much more deeply aciculate. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Grahamstown), Natal (D'Urban), Ovampo- 

 land (Omrramba). 



Hypolithus difficilis. 

 Black, very iridescent on the upper part ; palpi, apical part of the 



