1896.] of the Coleo;ptera of South Africa. 471 



Geob^nus lateealis, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., iv., p. 403; Iconogr. d. Ins. d'Eur., iv., pi. 202, fig. 5. 



Fuscous, and with a submetallic tinge on the upper side ; palpi, 

 antennae, legs, a broad lateral band on the prothorax and one on the 

 elytra reaching from the outer margin to the sixth interval, flavescent ; 

 head smooth ; prothorax slightly wider on the anterior than on the 

 posterior part, which is not sinuate ; posterior angle a little rounded, 

 base sinuate, disk with a narrow median longitudinal groove and two 

 lateral basal impressions, shallow and not punctured ; elytra oblongo- 

 ovate, hardly convex, narrowly striate ; intervals smooth, the third 

 interval with two punctures on the third stria, the third one in the 

 centre of the interval ; under side fuscous. Length 7-7-|- mm. ; 

 width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



Geob^nus inceetus. 



Head infuscate, reddish in the centre ; palpi, antennae, and legs 

 flavescent ; prothorax pale red ; elytra with a broad flavescent 

 lateral band; head and prothorax smooth, the latter of the same 

 shape as G. lateralis ; elytra also of the same shape, less fuscous on 

 the dorsal part, striate, but with the lateral striae from the sixth one to 

 the outer margin nearly obliterated, punctures on the third interval 

 similar to those of the preceding species. Length 7 mm. ; width 

 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony ("Grahamstown) . 



Geob^nus ingenuus. 



Black, shining ; antennas slightly infuscate, with the three basal 

 joints and the legs rufescent ; head and prothorax smooth, the latter 

 with a very narrow, almost indistinct rufescent edging, it is slightly 

 narrowed laterally in the anterior part, but straight from above the 

 median part to the posterior angle, which is slightly rounded; elytra 

 oblongo-ovate, a little more oblong than the two preceding ones, 

 narrowly striate, with the striae well defined ; intervals smooth, the 

 two anterior punctures on the third stria, and the posterior one 

 nearly on the second; under side piceous. Length 8 mm.; width 

 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown), Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



Teibe PANAG^IDBS. 



Ligula fused with the paraglossae as far as the lateral angle, 

 sometimes a little longer, sometimes not, truncate at the tip, and 

 diagonally laterally ; maxillae ending in a long hook ; excavation of 



