552 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Abacetus confinis, Bohem. 

 ArgtitoT confinis, Insect. Caffr., vol. i., p. 182. 



Black, with a very faint tinge on the elytra ; legs, palpi, and the 

 three basal joints of antennae reddish or piceous red ; prothorax 

 more rounded laterally than cordate, depressed on the disk, basal 

 part closely punctured ; elytra elongated, nearly three times as long 

 as the prothorax and not broader ; slightly depressed on the disk, 

 striate, with the intervals plane and smooth. 



Closely allied to A. inmiilus, but the prothorax is not so cordate ; 

 the elytra are also elongated and depressed, but the aeneous tinge is 

 not so apparent. Length 6 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Maghalisberg), Lake N'Gami. 



Abacetus minutus, Dej., 

 Argiitor minutus, Spec. Col., v., p. 756. 



Black, shining ; elytra with a faint senescent tinge ; legs and the 

 three basal joints of antennae reddish ; head smooth, frontal sulci 

 shallow and slightly arcuate ; prothorax rounded laterally, basal part 

 very slightly narrower than the apical one, no puncture between the 

 lateral basal grooves ; elytra oblong, not broader than the prothorax, 

 not so intensely black as the prothorax, but equally shining and with 

 a slight aenescent tinge, slightly plane on the disk and very sinuate 

 laterally behind, striate, the intervals broad, plane and smooth, the 

 puncture on the third interval very small. Length 8 mm. ; width 

 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Oudtshoorn, Cape Town). 



Abacetus peeplexus. 



Similar in shape to A. capensis and evidently closely allied to it. 

 Head alike ; prothorax more orbicular and punctured at base 

 between the lateral grooves ; elytra a little more aenescent, and with 

 the puncture on the third interval better defined. Length 8 mm. ; 

 width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Abacetus jenescens. 

 Black, shining ; elytra slightly aenescent ; legs piceous red ; basal 

 joint of antennae rufescent ; head smooth, frontal sulci hardly defined ; 

 prothorax suborbicular, depressed behind, impunctate at base and 

 with the posterior margin slightly recurved from past the median 

 part to the posterior angle which is sharp, but not projecting ; elytra 



