548 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



pression ill defined, median longitudinal groove and also the basal 

 ones well defined, median part of the base deeply punctured ; elytra 

 oblong, broader at the base than the prothorax, striate, intervals 

 smooth, a little convex. Length 9 mm. ; width 3 mm. 

 Hah. Zambezia (Buluwayo). 



Abacetus lucidulus, Bohem. 

 Harpalus lucidulus, Insect. Caffr., i., p. 213. 



Black, shining ; the three basal joints of the antennae and the 

 palpi reddish ; head smooth ; frontal sulci short, moderately deep ; 

 prothorax a little attenuate laterally in front, and almost straight 

 from the apical part to the base, transverse anterior impression 

 altogether indistinct, median longitudinal groove as well as the 

 lateral basal ones very well defined, no basal puncture ; elytra not 

 broader at the base than the prothorax, striate, intervals smooth and 

 slightly convex ; under side black, shining ; legs piceous ; tarsi 

 piceous red. Length 10 mm. ; width 4 mm.. 



Hah. N'Gamiland, Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Abacetus mashunus. 



Black, shining ; the three basal joints of antennas black ; legs 

 also black ; head smooth ; frontal sulci deep, arcuate ; prothorax 

 rounded laterally from the anterior to the median part, a httle 

 narrowed and slightly sinuate from there to the outer angle which 

 is moderately sharp, but not projecting, median and lateral grooves 

 very distinct, no basal punctures ; elytra oblong, not broader at the 

 base than the prothorax, striate, and with the intervals smooth and 

 distinctly convex ; under side black, shining. Length 13 mm. ; 

 width 5 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Abacetus rufipalpis, Chaud., 

 Essai Monogr. gen. Abacetus, Bull. Mosc, 1869, 365. 



Black, shining, iridescent ; knees, legs, tarsi, and palpi rufescent ; 

 the three basal joints of antennas ferruginous ; head smooth ; pro- 

 thorax a little less long than broad, slightly rounded laterally, the 

 anterior angles more so in the median part, and straight from there 

 to the base, the posterior angle is moderately blunt, smooth and 

 punctured basally, the transverse basal impression is slightly 

 noticeable ; elytra one-third broader than the prothorax, twice as 

 long as wide, parallel, with the shoulders curved ; piceous black 

 underneath. Length 9 mm. 



Hah. Natal, teste De Chaudoir. I have not seen this species. 



