1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 531 



<3lose to the stria ; these punctures are not always symmetrical, and 

 are apt to disappear on one side. Length 15 mm. ; width 8 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Kenhardt), Ovampoland, Transvaal (Bar- 

 berton). 



OODES PALPALIS, Klug, 



Peters' Eeise n. Mossamb. Insect., p. 164. 



Black subopaque on the upper side, piceous and iridescent 

 underneath ; antennae black, tip of palpi and the tarsi reddish brown ; 

 head almost smooth with two minute impressions, basal suture of 

 the clypeus indistinct ; prothorax one-third broader than long at the 

 base, and one-half wider there than at the apex, with the outer sides 

 gradually narrowing forward, slightly convex, and with the outer 

 sides slightly declivous in the anterior part, smooth, with a very 

 faint median longitudinal line, and without any supra-basal impres- 

 sion on each side ; elytra not broader than the base of the prothorax, 

 not ampliated laterally, moderately convex, narrowly striate, with 

 the intervals plane, smooth, the third one with the two usual punc- 

 tures. Length 9 mm. ; width 3|- mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Eikatla), Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



OODES NANUS. 



Black, moderately shining; palpi, the three basal joints of the 

 antennae and legs rufescent ; head and prothorax as in 0. palpalis ; 

 elytra of the same shape, striate with the striae punctulate, but with 

 the stria alongside the scutellum very short — not reaching, in fact, 

 the apical part, whereas in palpalis it reaches to one-fifth of the 

 length. Length 5 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



OoDES siMiLATus, Bohcm., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 163. 



Bronze, with an olive tinge on the upper side, piceous and irides- 

 cent underneath ; palpi, three basal joints of antennae, and legs 

 reddish brown ; head smooth with two small punctures ; prothorax 

 one-third broader than long at the base, and nearly one-half 

 narrower than the base at the apex, with the outer sides gradually 

 narrowing forward, hardly convex, but with the anterior part 

 slightly declivous, smooth, with a narrow median longitudinal line 

 and a small supra-basal impression on each side ; elytra with the 

 outer angles very slightly broader than the base of the prothorax, 

 nearly parallel from the humeral angle to about the median part, 

 and from there slightly ampliated towards the posterior part, 



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