1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 501 



the median part to the rounded posterior part, and ascending the 

 suture a httle, and having also on each side a post-median, more or 

 less rounded yellow patch extending from the third to the sixth stria ; 

 epipleurae, prosternum, and legs pale yellow ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 darker than the femora ; pectus and abdomen black. Length 15 mm. ; 

 width 6 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Manicaland). 



Chl^nius verecundus, P^r., 



Plate X., fig. 5. 



Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, 1892, vi., p. 103. 



Head green, very shining ; labrum, palpi, antennae, and legs pale 

 yellow ; labrum incised ; prothorax equally broad at apex and base, 

 with the outer sides gradually ampliated in the middle, very closely 

 punctured with the punctures moderately deep, brassy green, a little 

 shining in the middle, very dark on the sides, with a very narrow 

 yellowish edge, and thickly pubescent ; elytra elongated, a little 

 broader than the prothorax at the base, not much ampliated past the 

 middle, punctato-striate with the intervals plane, finely shagreened, 

 thickly pubescent, black, opaque, with a subquadrate, slightly post- 

 median yellow patch on each side extending from the fourth to the 

 seventh stria, and a narrow, acutely triangular sutural one, the basal 

 part of which reaches the third stria on each side ; epipleurae slightly 

 yellow ; under side dark cyaneous. Length 13-14|- mm. ; width 

 5-5f mm. 



Hah. Natal (Maritzburg) ; Delagoa (Rikatla). 



Chl^nius quadrisignatus, Bohem., 

 Vet. Ac. Forh., 1860, p. 11. 

 C. Mamhoianus, Bates, Entom. Month. Mag., 1886, p. 11. 



Head dark coppery green, a little brighter in the anterior part ; 

 labrum, first joint of antennae and palpi flavescent, the latter infus- 

 cated at the tip, the joints of antennae black ; prothorax bronze-green 

 turning a little to violaceous laterally, hardly pubescent, finely 

 shagreened, not broader at the apex than at the base, and gradually 

 ampliated in the middle but with the posterior angles acute ; elytra 

 broader than the prothorax at the base, elongated, moderately ampli- 

 ated past the middle, narrowly striate, with the intervals plane, very 

 briefly pubescent and finely shagreened, black, opaque, with the 

 outer margin slightly cyaneous, and having on each side, at about 

 two- thirds of the length, a more or less subquadrate yellow patch 

 reaching from the third to the sixth stria, and an apical, diagonal 

 one on each side of the suture, a little broader than the margin. 



