440 DescrijHive Catalogue [1896. 



Syjiojisis of Species. 



Black, a little iridescent ; antennae, palpi, legs, and a narrow 

 lateral margin on the prothorax flavescent inasluinus. 



Light ferruginous ; head, median part of the prothorax, and 

 a very broad sutural band on the elytra black nataliciis. 



Black, slightly greenish ; a moderately broad flavescent lateral 

 nnarginal patches on the prothorax, and two subdiagonal ones 

 on the posterior part of each elytron vemistulus. 



SlOPELUS INSUTUS. 



Black, slightly iridescent, antennae light ferruginous, palpi and 

 legs flavescent, under side very iridescent ; head aciculate ; pro- 

 thorax deeply aciculate, outer margin narrowly flavescent, slightly 

 rounded laterally at the apex, with the sides nearly straight ; 

 posterior angle blunt but not rounded, disk moderately plane, 

 posterior part very slightly impressed laterally along the suture 

 midway between the outer angle and the longitudinal median groove, 

 which reaches the base and is very distinct ; elytra elongate, sub- 

 parallel, hardly broader at the base than the prothorax at its 

 widest, moderately plane with the intervals finely shagreened, 

 plane and divided from one another by two narrow longitudinal, 

 parallel lines ; third interval with a series of distinct spaced 

 punctures. Length 9 mm. ; width 3f mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



In spite of the peculiar sculpture of the elytra, the juxta-scutellary 

 striae, although very faint, can still be detected. 



SlOPELUS LIMBATUS. 



Very light ferruginous, with the palpi, legs, prosternum, and 

 the two basal joints of antennae very light brick-red, the other 

 joints infuscate in the median part, meso- and meta-sternum, and 

 also the abdomen black, iridescent ; head smooth, black, labrum 

 and mandibles ferruginous ; prothorax a little ampliate from the 

 apex to past the median part, very slightly narrowed behind, but 

 not sinuate, and with the posterior angle blunt but not rounded, 

 moderately plane on the disk, but more plane behind and with 

 a hardly pronounced lateral depression, the median longitudinal 

 groove reaching neither base nor apex, anterior part faintly, 

 posterior part densely aciculate, light ferruginous with a very 

 broad, median black, slightly iridescent, longitudinal band reaching 

 from apex to base ; elytra elongate, subparallel, ferruginous, with 

 a very broad dorsal, black, iridescent band reaching on each side 

 the fifth stria and extending from the base to the top of the posterior 

 declivity, intervals plane, finely shagreened, separated from one 

 another by two narrow longitudinal parallel lines, third interval with 

 a series of distinct, spaced punctures. Length 8 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



