508 DescrijHive Catalogue [1896. 



Chl^nius tenuicollis, Fabric, 

 Syst. Eleuth., i., p. 185. 

 C. auricollis, Gory, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1833, p. 224. 



Head and prothorax glowing red, with the outer sides greenish ; 

 labrum, palpi, antennae, and legs reddish brown ; head nearly smooth 

 in the anterior part, faintly punctulate behind, without any 

 pubescence ; prothorax narrow, a little attenuated laterally in 

 front, not much ampliated in the middle and very slightly sinuated 

 behind, hardly pubescent, and with a few scattered, not deep 

 punctures ; elytra broader than the prothorax, subelongato-ovate, 

 very narrowly punctate, striate, with the intervals convex, equal, 

 smooth, almost without pubescence, except in the striae and in the 

 outer margin, black, moderately shining, but with a gi'eenish-blue 

 metallic tinge on the sixth and seventh intervals ; under side dark 

 piceous, subiridescent. Length 11-12 mm. ; width 4^5 mm. 



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



Chl^nius c^ruleipennis, Bohem., 

 Vet. Ak. Forh., 1860, p. 11. 



Head and prothorax bright metallic green ; labrum, palpi, antennae, 

 and legs pale testaceous ; head hardly punctulate ; prothorax short, 

 narrow, subcordiform, but not much narrowed behind, and with a 

 small transverse impression in the anterior part, and the outer 

 margins recurved, bright green and violaceous on the lateral and 

 postical margins ; elytra subelongato-ovate, broader at the base ; 

 the prothorax narrowly punctato-striate, with the striae briefly 

 pubescent and the intervals slightly convex and with a regular series 

 of punctures alongside the striae, black on the disk as far as the fifth 

 striae and dark green or very dark blue laterally ; under side piceous, 

 very briefly pubescent. Length 10-14 mm. ; width 11-14 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown), Damaraland (Walfish Bay, 

 Svakop Eiver). 



Chl^nius modestus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 157. 



Size and shape of C. cceruleipemiis ; the colour of the palpi, antennae, 

 and legs is identical ; the prothorax and also the head are glowing 

 red in the centre and greenish on the sides, but the punctures are 

 deeper and nearer to one another, although not closely set ; the 

 elytra are narrower, the intervals are raised and carinated, and 

 instead of having only one series of punctures on each side along 

 the stria are very closely and deeply punctured, and more thickly 

 pubescent. Length 12 mm. ; width 4|- mm. 



The only example of this species I have seen is one of Boheman's 

 type, a male, labelled Caffraria. 



