1896.] of the ColeojJtera of South Africa. 503 



pubescent ; labium, palpi, legs, and the three basal joints of the 

 antennae yellowish, the other joints of the antennae black ; head very 

 closely punctured ; prothorax as broad as long, nearly as broad at 

 the apex as at the base, rounded laterally, but more constricted in 

 the posterior part than in the anterior, and having the outer margins 

 recurved, deeply and closely punctured, greenish bronze, darker in 

 the centre, and with the outer margin narrowly edged with yellow ; 

 elytra elongated, subparallel, broader than the prothorax by one- 

 third, narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals very roughly 

 shagreened, and very briefly pubescent, dark olive-green, with a 

 lateral yellow band on the eighth interval on each side, running from 

 the shoulder to about the median part and expanding at the apex on 

 the fifth and sixth intervals, three elongated superposed spots past 

 the middle on the third, fourth, and fifth intervals, and a broad, 

 diagonal, marginal patch of the same colour at the apex ; under side 

 piceous, shining. Length 11-12 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. Ovampoland, Mozambique (Tette), occurs also in Loanda 

 and Angola according to De Chaudoir. 



In some of my examples the post-median dorsal spots are not 

 very distinct and are two in number, instead of three. 



Chl^nius notabilis, Lafert6, 

 Eev. et Mag. d. ZooL, ISSl, p. 221. 



Head and prothorax bright metallic green, very briefly pubescent ; 

 labrum, palpi, antennae, and legs yellowish or slightly rufescent ; 

 head with a few scattered punctures ; prothorax a little broader and 

 more ampliated laterally in the anterior than in the posterior part, 

 and covered with closely-set, regular, deep punctures ; elytra a little 

 broader at the base than the prothorax, elongato-ovate, narrowly 

 punctato-striate, with the intervals plane, thickly pubescent and 

 very finely shagreened, dark green with a yellow outer margin 

 extending from the shoulder to about one-third of the length as far 

 as the fifth stria, expanding from there to about the median part 

 as far as the third stria, narrowing to the seventh stria from the 

 middle to the suture, and having also an elongated, supra-apical 

 patch on the third and fourth intervals, the point of which nearly 

 touches the marginal yellow border ; pectus and median part of 

 abdomen piceous, subiridescent, the sides of the latter part pale 

 yellow. Length 12-13 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Rustenburg), Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Chl^nius commistus. 

 Colour, shape, and sculpture of head and prothorax as in the 

 preceding species ; the elytra, however, are less ovate, the yellow 



