496 Descrii)tive Catalogue [1896. 



Chl^nius Eeichei, Chaud., 

 Ann. Mus. Gen., 1876, p. 41. 

 C. stenotraclielus , Chaud., Coleopt. Novit., p. 31. 



Dark blue on the upper part, with the labrum, palpi, antennse, and 

 legs ferruginous ; head faintly punctulate with a smooth central 

 space ; prothorax with the anterior part nearly as broad as the 

 posterior, one-fourth longer than broad, and the median part slightly 

 ampliated, plane, very closely punctured ; elytra broader than the 

 prothorax, subparallel for half the length, ampliate behind, where 

 they are one-third broader than at the base, narrowly striate, with 

 the intervals hardly raised, shagreened, and very briefly pubescent ; 

 under side piceous. Length 11 mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town), Natal, teste Chaud. 



Chl^nius Bohemani, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1856, ii., p. 195. 

 C. hipustulatus , Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., p. 130. 



Head, prothorax, and anterior part of the elytra greenish blue, 

 posterior part violaceous ; antennae with the two basal joints red, 

 the others more or less deeply rufescent or infuscate ; palpi slightly 

 infuscate ; head closely punctulate ; prothorax with the anterior 

 part as broad as the posterior, slightly ampliate in the middle, very 

 little longer than broad, very closely and deeply punctured ; elytra 

 elongated, broader than the prothorax, ampliated past the middle, 

 narrowly striated with the intervals plane, shagreened, brieflj'' 

 pubescent, and having on each side a more or less ovate yellow 

 patch extending above the apex from the third to the seventh stria ; 

 under side black, iridescent ; legs pale yellow. Length 12-13 mm. ; 

 width 4J-5 mm. 



Var. Fenesteatus. 



C. fenestratns, Chaud., Ann. Mus. Gen., 1876, p. 44. 



Shape and size of the type ; the colour on the upper part is dark 

 greenish bronze ; the joints of the antennae, with the exception of 

 the two basal and two apical ones, are black ; the apical part of the 

 femorae and tibiae are black, and so are the tarsi. Length 12-13 mm. ; 

 width 4^-5 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Maritzburg, D'Urban), Delagoa Bay (Eikatla). 



Chl^nius fasciger, Chaud., 

 Plate X., fig. 3. 



Coleopt. Novit., 1883, p. 32. 

 C. egregms, P^r., Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, vi., p. 19. 

 Bright greenish blue turning to violaceous blue in the posterior 



