1896.] of the, Goleoi)tera of South Africa. 561 



Sub-Gen. Sterojpomorphus, Tsch. 



Mentum with a long, not bifid, median tooth. 



Bronze on the upper part ; elytra very convex ; no scutellary 

 stria, and no puncture on the third interval Icyiis. 



Pterostichus degener. 



Black, shiny; labrum, palpi, and legs ferruginous red; antennae 

 rufescent; head smooth, frontal impressions almost absent ; prothorax 

 nearly round laterally, truncate at apex and very slightly sinuate at 

 base, posterior angle with a small notch and lateral part of base 

 quite rounded, median longitudinal line perceptible in the median 

 part of the disk only, no lateral basal depression ; elytra truncate at 

 the base with the shoulders angular, a little narrower than the pro- 

 thorax at its widest part, ovate, sinuate behind, convex, deeply striate, 

 with the intervals smooth and a little convex, they have also a very 

 faint and short juxta-sutural additional stria and no puncture on the 

 third stria, the epipleurae and the under side are piceous red or ferru- 

 ginous. Length 10 mm. ; width 3|- mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). 



Pterostichus dichrous, Tschisch., 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss., xxv., 1891, p. 158. 



Black, shining ; palpi and antennae ferruginous ; tarsi and tibiae 

 piceous red ; head smooth with two deep, sulcate frontal impres- 

 sions ; prothorax rounded laterally with the basal part a little nar- 

 rower than the base, the outer margins are recurved, the disk has 

 a very fine median longitudinal groove, and on each side of the 

 lateral posterior angles there is a very deep and broad impression ; 

 elytra slightly sinuate at the base, oblongo-ovate, a little broader 

 than the prothorax, convex, sinuate behind, striate, with the intervals 

 plane or feebly convex, there is a juxta-scutellary additional stria, and 

 no puncture on the third interval ; under side piceous black. Length 

 14-15-J mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Caledon, Knysna). 



Pterostichus Anceyi, Tschisch., 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss., xxv., 1891, p. 156. 



Black, shining ; antennae, palpi, and tarsi ferruginous, frontal im- 

 pressions deep ; prothorax truncate at apex, outer sides slightly 

 diagonal apically, but straight, or nearly so, to about the median 

 part, and gradually rounded from there to the basal angle, disk 

 smooth with a median longitudinal line, posterior lateral impression 

 very slight, and posterior part of the outer margin not much re- 

 curved ; elytra sinuate at base, oblongo-ovate, humeral angle sharp, 



