1896.] of the Golcoptera of South Africa. 511 



ampliated from the anterior part to two-thirds of the length and 

 narrowed in the posterior part, a Httle convex in the discoidal part, 

 and without any punctures ; elytra broader than the prothorax, but 

 narrow, long, and almost parallel, punctato-striate with the intervals 

 raised, convex, smooth, very dark green, almost black, and with a 

 narrow, pale-yellow marginal lateral band extending as far as the 

 eighth stria, and broadly dilated on each side of the posterior part 

 as far as the second stria, but reaching the suture at the apical 

 point ; under side black, apical part of abdomen narrowly marginated 

 with pale yellow. Length 13 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Griqualand West, Transkei, Hope Town), 

 Natal (D'Urban, Escourt), Delagoa Bay (Eikatla), ? Matabele- 

 land. 



Occurs also in Nubia and Southern Egypt. 



Chl^nius l^tus. Fabric, 

 Ent. Syst., iv.. Append., p. 443. 



C. quadricolor, Dej., Spec. Col., ii., p. 337. 

 C. rtificornis, Bohem., Insect Caffr., i., p. 152. 



Head and prothorax glowing red, with a greenish tinge occasionally 

 on the sides ; labrum, palpi, antennae, and legs reddish brown ; head 

 very faintly punctured behind ; prothorax broad, hardly rounded 

 laterally, very little attenuated in the anterior part, and less still in 

 the posterior, with base hardly broader than the apex, smooth, with 

 a few shallow punctures on each side of the median groove, the 

 lateral part and the base ; elytra broader than the prothorax, 

 elongated, slightly ampliated behind, narrowly punctato-striate with 

 the intervals convex, black, shining, with the striae briefly, and the 

 outer margin densely pubescent ; under side black, iridescent. 

 Length 17-18 mm, ; width 7-8 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Worcester). 



Chl^nius hypockitus. 



Head and prothorax glowing red ; labrum, palpi, antennae, and 

 legs reddish brown ; head hardly punctulate ; prothorax of nearly 

 the same shape laterally as C. Icetus, but slightly more attenuated 

 towards the base ; the sculpture is identical ; the elytra are simi- 

 larly shaped, narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals much 

 raised, convex, and the alternate ones broader than the others, striae 

 briefly, outer margin densely pubescent ; under side black, shining. 

 Length 15 J mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay (Eikatla). 



