1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 507 



the shoulder to three-fourths of the length, reaching the eighth 

 interval only, and broadening considerably in the posterior part, 

 where it emits on each side three short spurs ascending the intervals ; 

 under side black, briefly pubescent ; abdomen with a narrow yellow 

 margin. Length 11 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



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



Closely allied to C. Iwibatus, but the prothorax is more constricted 

 in the posterior part, and more broadly edged with yellow. 



Chl^nius fulvipes, Chaud., 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1835, p. 265. 



Dinodes affinis, Dej., Spec. Col., v., p. 670. 



Dmodes heryllimts, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., p. 159. 



Bright blue with a violaceous tinge on the elytra, or green with a 

 blue tinge, shining ; labrum, the three basal joints of the antennae 

 and the legs yellowish red ; apical part of the palpi and tarsi infus- 

 cate ; joints of the antennae, with the exception of the three basal 

 ones, black ; head finely aciculate ; prothorax not broader at the 

 apex than at the base, with the outer sides gradually rounded, very 

 briefly pubescent and covered with moderately close, deep punctures ; 

 elytra elongated, subparallel, narrowly punctato-striate, with the 

 intervals plane, finely shagreened and hardly pubescent ; under side 

 black, hairless, iridescent. Length 11-13 mm. ; width 4-6 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Knysna, Kowie, Albany), Natal 

 (Newcastle), Transvaal (Potchefstroom, Eustenburg). 



Chl^enius simplex, Wiedem., 

 Germar's Mag. Entom., iv., p. 111. 



Bright green, shining, turning to brassy green on the head and 

 prothorax ; labrum, palpi, legs, and antennae testaceous red ; head 

 nearly smooth ; prothorax not pubescent, and hardly punctate in the 

 anterior part, broad, a little longer than wide, a little attenuated 

 laterally from the median to the anterior part, but straight from the 

 median part to the base ; elytra elongated, subparallel, narrowly 

 punctato-striate, with the intervals finely shagreened, convex and 

 very briefly pubescent, green, shining, with the extreme edge of the 

 outer margins behind testaceous, and occasionally a very narrow, 

 transverse, yellowish line above the apical part on each side ; under 

 side piceous, iridescent, hairless, apical part of the last abdominal 

 segment margin ated with yellow. Length 12-13 mm. ; width 

 b-b^ mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester, 

 Alexandria). 



