506 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Chl^nius maeginipennis, Gory, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1833, p. 127. 



Head and prothorax light green, not much shining, the lateral 

 edge of the prothorax yellow ; elytra with the discoidal part green, 

 subopaque, and with a broad yellow margin extending as far as the 

 fourth stria, slightly incised inwardly a little past the median part, 

 and with the upper edge of the posterior marginal band dented ; 

 abdomen with a moderately broad yellow margin ; under side 

 brownish black ; labrum, palpi, and the three basal joints of antennas 

 pale yellow, the other joints slightly infuscate. Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Cape of Good Hope. 



I have not met with this species, which from De Chaudoir's 

 description seems to be intermediate between C. togifer and C. 

 limbatus. 



Chl^nius mabginicollis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 150. 



Head and prothorax dull green ; palpi, legs, the three basal joints 

 of the antennae pale yellow, the other joints rufescent ; head very 

 closely but not deeply aciculated ; prothorax broad, with the anterior 

 part more narrowed than the posterior, thickly pubescent, punctured, 

 with the punctures scattered and not deep ; the lateral margins 

 narrowly edged with yellow ; elytra a little broader at the base than 

 the prothorax, elongated, subparallel, narrowly punctato-striate, very 

 finely shagreened and with a short, very thick pubescence, bottle- 

 green, subopaque, and with a lateral yellow margin invading the 

 eighth interval and not much broader in the posterior margin than 

 in the lateral one ; under side piceous, pubescent ; abdomen with a 

 moderately broad yellow margin. Length 11-11^ mm. ; width 

 4-4f mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Grahamstown). 



Chl^nius similatus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 151. 



Head and prothorax bright green, shining, densely pubescent ; 

 labrum, palpi, legs, and the three basal joints of the antennae pale 

 yellow, the other joints of the antennae slightly infuscate ; prothorax 

 slightly broader than long, wider in the anterior part, which is 

 gradually rounded, than in the posterior, very closely punctured, 

 with the punctures moderately deep, lateral margins narrowly edged 

 with yellow ; elytra elongated, subparallel, broader at the base than 

 the prothorax, narrowly punctato-striate with the intervals 

 shagreened and densely pubescent, green, moderately shining in 

 spite of the pubescence, with a yellow outer margin, narrow from 



