1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 497 



part of the elytra ; palpi black, slightly reddish at the tip, the three 

 basal joints of antennae red, the others black ; head closely but not 

 deeply punctulate with a smooth space in the centre ; prothorax as 

 broad as long, ampliated in the middle, as broad at the apex as at 

 the base, very closely punctured ; elytra broader than the prothorax 

 at the base, not much ampliated behind, very narrowly punctato- 

 striate, with the intervals finely shagreened and briefly pubescent, 

 and having on each side in the posterior part a broad transverse 

 bright yellow band reaching from the suture to the eighth stria and 

 broadening towards the outer side ; this yellow band is edged with 

 violaceous blue ; under side bright green ; legs yellowish red, with the 

 apex of the tibiae and the tarsi infuscate. Length 11 mm. ; width 

 4-4 J mm. 



Hah. Natal (D' Urban), Delagoa Bay (Eikatla), Ovampoland. 



Chl^nius perspicillaris, Erichs., 

 Wiegm. Arch., 1843, p. 217. 



Bronze-green, not shining on the upper side, three basal joints 

 of the antennae yellowish, the others black ; head closely punctured ; 

 prothorax nearly as broad as long, slightly rounded outwardly, very 

 nearly as wide at the apex as at the base, very densely and closely 

 punctured ; elytra elongated, nearly parallel, broader than the pro- 

 thorax, narrowly striate, very briefly pubescent, intervals shagreened, 

 dark green, less brilliant than on the head and prothorax, and having 

 on each side of the posterior part an ovate yellow patch reaching from 

 the third to the seventh, and even at times eighth stria ; under side 

 black, legs pale yellow with the apex of the femora and tibiae, and 

 the tarsi infuscate. Length 14-14^ mm. ; width 5-5J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Hope Town), Transvaal (Klerksdorp, 

 Potchefstroom). 



Chl^nius cribellatus, Chaud., 

 Ann. Mus. Gen., 1876, p. 45. 



Very closely allied to C. coecus, from Senegal. The colour is 

 black, with the head and prothorax slightly bronzed ; the elytra are 

 somewhat opaque, and the under part is slightly iridescent ; the 

 head is distinctly punctured and rugulose, the punctures closely set, 

 and the neck is almost smooth ; the prothorax is a little ampliated 

 laterally in the middle, as broad as long, grooved longitudinally in 

 the centre, punctulate with the punctures very closely set and 

 regular ; elytra somewhat plane with the intervals not much convex 

 and closely punctured ; in the posterior part there is on each side a 

 yellow, slightly sinuate band extending from the third to the eighth 

 striae ; palpi and antennae black, with the apical part of the former, 



