1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 4/33 



Gen. BOEOMIMETES (Chaud. in litt.). 



Mentum deeply emarginate, semi-circular, the apical part of the 

 lobes slightly sinuate ; ligula narrow ; paraglossae a little broader 

 than the ligula, detached from it and much longer, straight and 

 truncate at the tip ; maxillas hooked ; last joint of the outer lobe 

 very long and slender ; mandibles longer than in Harimlus, and 

 straighter outwardly ; labrum elongate, but still broader than long ; 

 basal part of the epistoma very apparent ; antennae and palpi normal ; 

 prothorax ampliate and rounded laterally, narrowed behind and with 

 the posterior angles sharp ; elytra oblong, striate, those of the female 

 not duller than the male ; anterior and intermediate tarsi of the male 

 dilated, the fourth one very slightly incised, the four basal ones 

 densely squamose, and all with a dense, long pubescence ; apical 

 part of the four intermediate abdominal segments with a transverse 

 series of closely-set setigerous punctures, the setae forming a long 

 fringe. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Ferruginous ; elytra with a dorsal black band ephipjiium. 



Totally black, shining atratus. 



BcEOMiMETES EPHiPPiuM, Bohem., 

 Harpalus ephippium, Vet. Acad. Forh., 1860, p. 12. 



Ferruginous, with the antennae and legs fiavescent and the knees 

 infuscate ; labrum emarginate ; head smooth, with two deep punc- 

 tures above the basal line of the epistome, which is very distinct ; 

 prothorax broadly ampliate from the apex to past the median part, 

 narrowed diagonally behind ; posterior angle acute, smooth on the 

 disk, but punctulate along the base and in the lateral depressions, 

 ferruginous, but often infuscate in the median part ; elytra oblong, 

 moderately plane, striate, intervals smooth, the third one with a 

 distinct puncture in the posterior part, ferruginous, with an infuscate 

 more or less ovate broad sutural patch extending as far as the fourth 

 stria, running from the base to the apex, but oftener beginning at 

 some distance from the base ; under side light ferruginous or fiaves- 

 cent. Length lOJ— 13 mm ; width 4J-5 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland, Damaraland, Mozambique (Eikatla). 



In one of Boheman's type, from Lake N'Gami, the dorsal band is 

 reduced to a small black sutural patch. My examples from Eikatla 

 are smaller than those from Damaraland. 



BCEOMIMETES ATEATUS. 



Size, shape, and sculpture of B. ephippium, and differentiated 

 mostly by the colour, which is black and shining on the upper part, 

 while the palpi, antennae, and legs are rufescent, and the under side 



