528 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Prothorax mucli attenuated in front, not sinuated behind, inter- 

 vals a little convex elongatus. 



Elytra without any lateral sinuation ; prothorax slightly sinuate 

 behind. 



Elytra slightly sinuate laterally, costate, costae equal, no punctures 

 on the third interval validus. 



Elytra costate, third, fifth, and seventh higher than the others, no 

 punctures on the third interval alternans. 



Systolocranius elongatus, Chaud., 

 Monogr., loc. cit., p. 332. 



Black, moderately shining; labrum and the three basal joints of 

 antennae piceous ; head smooth, with two deep impressions between 

 the eyes ; prothorax plane behind, sloping laterally in front, outer 

 sides straight from the base to two-thirds of the length, narrowed in 

 the other third part, smooth, with a longitudinal median line and a 

 moderately deep supra-basal impression on each side ; elytra 

 parallel, that is to say without any lateral curve, not broader than 

 the prothorax, very little attenuated apically, somewhat convex, 

 punctato-striate, with the intervals somewhat convex, the third one 

 with a median and post-median puncture ; under side iridescent ; 

 legs black. Length 15 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Originally discovered on the Zanzibar coast (Bagamoyo), Zam- 

 bezia (? Manica). 



Systolocranius validus, Klug, 

 Oodes validus, Klug, Peters' Reise n. Mossamb., p. IGti, pi. ix., 



fig. n. 



Oodes Goryi, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., p. 161. 



Black, shining on the upper side, iridescent underneath apical 

 part of the labrum, palpi, three basal joints of antennae and tarsi 

 piceous ; head smooth, with two small punctures between the eyes 

 and two well-defined impressions on the vertex ; prothorax with the 

 outer sides attenuated from the median part towards the apex, 

 hardly sinuate behind, plane in the posterior part, slightly convex in 

 the anterior, with the depression of the sides very w^ell defined, 

 median line with a faint plication on each side, supra-basal impres- 

 sions deep and long ; elytra not broader at the base than the pro- 

 thorax, slightly and gradually ampliated from the humeral angle to 

 the posterior part, where they are one- sixth broader than at the 

 base, but little convex, punctato-striate, with the intervals costate, 

 smooth, and of equal size. Length 17-18 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hab. Natal (D' Urban), also Zanzibar coast (Mombassa), accord- 

 ing to De Chaudoir. 



