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prothorax as in the preceding species ; elytra elongate, smooth, 

 faintly striate in the dorsal part, and the striae obliterated laterally ; 

 under side piceous. Length 3 mm. ; width IJ mm. 



Very similar to the preceding species, but smaller and with a less 

 robust facies. 



Hah. Natal (Escourt). 



Amblystomus vittipennis, Bohem., 



Acupalpus vittipennis, Insect. Caffr., i., p. 221. 

 A. quadrisignatus , Bohem., loc. cit., p. 220. 



Obscurely aeneous or sometimes fusco-aeneous on the head and 

 prothorax, palpi, legs, and the two basal joints of antennae rufes- 

 cent, the other joints of the antennae black ; head smooth ; prothorax 

 subcordiform with the posterior angles quite rounded ; base slightly 

 depressed, without any lateral impressions, and with the median 

 longitudinal groove nearly obliterate, smooth, and with a narrow 

 flavescent outer margin ; elytra elongate, parallel, striate, with the 

 intervals smooth, dark metallic green with a subhumeral diagonal 

 yellowish patch extending from near the outer margin to the fourth 

 interval, where it unites with an equally broad longitudinal band 

 reaching the top of the posterior declivity, where it is produced 

 inwardly towards the suture, which it does not reach quite, edge of the 

 outer margin slightly flavescent ; under side fuscous, with the median 

 part of the abdomen rufescent. Length 5-5^ mm. ; width 2 J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Hope Town). 



Amblystomus blandus. 



Fusco-aeneous with the two basal joints of antennae, the palpi, and 

 legs flavescent ; head and prothorax as in A. vittipennis, but both 

 reddish brown ; elytra elongate, striate, fusco-aeneous with a broad 

 subhumeral yellowish patch uniting near the fourth interval with a 

 dorsal band reaching the top of the declivity, slightly broader behind 

 and produced inwardly towards the suture, which it does not reach 

 quite ; under side rufescent with the lateral part of the abdomen 

 infuscate. 



Very like the preceding, but the subhumeral yellowish patch on 

 each side of the elytra is broader and longer, and the dorsal band 

 extends behind from the third to the sixth stria. Length 3-5 mm. ; 

 width 2 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Pretoria), Damaraland (Kookarrah). 



Amblystomus ornatipennis, Bohem. 

 Acupalpus ornatipen7iis , Insect. Caffr., i., p. 223. 

 Head and prothorax dark metallic green ; the two basal joints of 



