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and legs, with the exception of the median part of the tibiae, which 

 is flavescent, black ; palpi infuscate ; prothorax cordiform, closely 

 punctured, very briefly pubescent, brick-red above and beneath ; 

 elytra elongato-ovate, slightly striate, with the intervals shagreened, 

 very dark blue, almost black, and with two white patches on each 

 side ; the first, a subhumeral one, is slightly sinuate and reaches 

 from the fourth to the eighth interval, the other, a post-median one, 

 is more transverse, of nearly equal width, and extends also from the 

 fourth to the eighth stria ; pectus and abdomen black. Length 

 5 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



Callistomimus amoenus. 



Size and shape of the preceding species ; head light, metaUic blue, 

 closely punctured ; clypeus and labrum black, the three basal joints 

 of antennae rufescent, the others infuscate ; palpi and legs very light 

 yellow, with the apex of the femora and tibiae black ; prothorax 

 brick-red, punctulate and briefly pubescent ; elytra briefly pubes- 

 cent, slightly striate, with the intervals finely shagreened, bottle- 

 green, with two whitish lateral patches and two small dots on each 

 side : the subhumeral patch is small, somewhat rounded, and extends 

 from the fifth to the seventh stria, the post-median one is broader, 

 transverse, and extends from the fourth to the eighth stria, the first 

 dot is a median one on the third interval, and the other is at the 

 apex, close to the suture ; pectus and abdomen black. Length 

 5|- mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Frere, Escourt). 



Callistomimus sexpustulatus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 129. 



Head dark blue, punctulate ; labrum, mandibles, palpi, and the 

 three basal joints of antennae rufescent ; legs flavescent, with the 

 apex of femora infuscate ; prothorax brick-red, closely punctured, 

 very briefly pubescent, lateral part of the base more incised than in 

 the other species, and thus making the outer angle very con- 

 spicuous ; elytra oblong, deeply striate, with the intervals slightly 

 raised and very briefly pubescent, black, with two lateral yellow 

 patches and an apical spot on each side : the anterior patch extends 

 from the third stria to the outer margin, which is narrowly edged 

 with yellow from the shoulder to the basal part of the dorsal patch, 

 which is slightly acuminate on the fourth and fifth intervals, the 

 post-median is subtransverse and extends from the third to the 

 eighth stria, and the small sutural apical one extends as far as the 

 second ; pectus and abdomen black. Length 6 mm. ; width 2-J- mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Leydenburg) . 



