532 Descriptive Catahx/uc ^1896. 



moderately convex, narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals 

 plane and smooth, third interval with the two usual punctures. 

 Length 9 mm. ; width 5 mm. 

 Hab. Natal (D'Urban). 



OODES NATALENSIS, Cliaud., 



Monogr. d. Oodides, Ann. Soc.Ent. France, 1882, p. 357. 



In shape and size closely allied to 0. palpcdis ; the labrum, palpi, 

 three basal joints of the antennae, and the legs are reddish brown ; 

 the prothorax is less convex, and has a supra-basal impression on 

 each side of the median longitudinal line, which is also better defined, 

 and the edges of the margins are reddish brown, the shape of the 

 elytra is identical, but the black colour has a faint iridescent tinge, 

 and they have a distinct reddish-brown margin. Length 9-10 mm. ; 

 width 3^ mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Eikatla). 



OODES LENIS. 



Black, shining on the upper part, iridescent underneath the three 

 basal joints of the antennae, the apical part of the joints of the palpi 

 and the tarsi piceous or reddish brown ; head smooth, with two 

 minute punctures above the basal part of the epistoma, which is 

 hardly distinct ; prothorax one-third broader than long at the base, 

 and one-half narrower at the apex than at the base, with the outer 

 sides gradually narrowing from about the median part forward, 

 nearly plane on the disk but somewhat declivous in the anterior 

 part ; smooth, and without any median longitudinal line or supra- 

 basal impressions ; elytra not broader than the base of the prothorax, 

 elongated, not ampliated laterally, very little convex, narrowly 

 punctato-striate, with the punctures shallow and closely set, 

 intervals smooth, no puncture on the third one. Length 17 mm. ; 

 width 7 mm. 



Hah. Ovampoland. 



OoDES anctOlensis, Ericlis., 

 Weigm. x\rch., 1843, i., p. 219. 



0. IcevicoUis, Bohem., Insect. CaftV., i., p. 161. 



Black, shining on the upper side, iridescent underneath : legs 

 piceous, with the tarsi, palpi, and the three basal joints of the 

 antennae reddish brown ; head smooth, the two punctures as well as 

 the basal line of the epistoma indistinct ; prothorax one-third 

 broader at the base than at the apex, and broader than long by 

 nearly one-half, slightly convex, smooth, the median longitudinal 

 line hardly discernible, no supra-basal impressions ; elytra elon- 



