1896.] of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 493 



Chl^nius Dohrni, Bertol., 

 Mem. Acad. Bologn., 1857, viii., p. 317, pi. 23, %. 8. 



Black, moderately shining, with the extreme edge of the outer 

 margin of the elytra faintly bluish ; the shape is that of G. cceruleo- 

 limbatus ; the labrum has an elongated basal median groove instead 

 of a round impression; the sculpture on the prothorax is as rough as 

 in G. Zanzibaricits, and the intervals of the elytra as well as the 

 striae are identical with those of G. ccBvuleolimhatus. Length 27- 

 29 mm. ; width 10-11 mm. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay, Ovampoland ; occurs also on the Zanzibar 

 mainland (Bagamoyo). 



Chl^nius morio, Bohem., 

 Vet. Acad. Forh., 1860, p. 11. 



Totally black, moderately shining ; head not punctulate, nearly 

 smooth ; prothorax nearly smooth laterally, with only two irregular 

 series of very shallow punctures on each side of the median groove, 

 and also a few scattered ones along the base ; elytra very nearly 

 parallel, finely punctato-striate, with the intervals raised and sharply 

 carinated in the middle, outer margin slightly pubescent and with 

 a well-defined series of punctures reaching from the median part to 

 the outer posterior angle ; under side punctulate, shining ; legs 

 smooth, shining. 



Eesembles much G. lug ens, but not only the punctuation on the 

 head and prothorax is different, but also the latter has not the bluish 

 outer margin, a noticeable feature of G. lugcns, and the prothorax is 

 also a little more ampliated in front than in the last-named species ; 

 the costse on the elytra are also more raised, more opaque, and the 

 puncture on the striae finer and shallower. Length 21 mm. ; 

 width 9 mm. 



Hah. N'Gami, teste Bohem. 



CHLiENIUS CRUDELIS. 



Black, moderately shining, glabrous ; elytra with a faint very dark 

 blue tinge ; the three basal joints of antennae piceous black ; head 

 very closely and deeply punctured ; prothorax broader than long by 

 one-fourth, broadly ampliate laterally in the middle, and as broad in 

 front as behind ; elytra broader than the prothorax at base, slightly 

 ampliate laterally from past the humeral part, narrowly striate with 

 the intervals broad, convex, and the second, third, and fourth on 

 each side narrower, carinate, and smooth at tip, while the others are 

 closely punctured ; no trace of yellow patch. 



Considerably larger and a little less parallel than its ally, G. 



