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plane and finely aciculate, the third one with five punctures ; under 

 side black or piceous black. Length 14 mm. ; width 4 mm. 

 Hah. Port Natal, teste Bohem. 



Platynus oblongus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 173. 



Size, shape, and colour of the preceding species, but the elytra 

 are less parallel, the prothorax is of the same shape, that is to say 

 little ampliate laterally, and finely punctured all over the disk ; the 

 elytra are opaque, striate, with the intervals plane and finely acicu- 

 late, the third one with three distinct punctures. Length 14 mm. ; 

 width 4|- mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



I am inclined to think that in spite of having three punctures 

 instead of five on the third interval of the elytra, M. ohlongus will 

 prove to be the female of M. gracilis. 



Platynus eufipes, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., v., p. 730. 



Black, moderately shining; palpi, antennae, legs, and edge of 

 prothorax red ; head a little narrowed behind the eyes, longitudinally 

 impressed on each side in the anterior part ; prothorax as broad as 

 long, a little sinuate at the apex, a little more rounded laterally in the 

 anterior than in the posterior part, which is very little attenuated 

 with the posterior angles obliquely rounded, nearly plane on the 

 disk with a very well-defined longitudinal median groove and a long 

 lateral sinuose one reaching on each side from the base to beyond 

 the median part, outer margin slightly recurved in the posterior 

 part ; elytra elongato-ovate, nearly one-third broader at the base 

 than the prothorax at its widest part, very little convex and but 

 slightly sinuate in the posterior margin, striate, with the intervals 

 plane, the fourth one a little broader than the others ; under side 

 black or piceous black. Length 11-11|- mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape, Stellenbosch, Worcester). 



Platynus paupee. 

 Olivaceous bronze on the upper part ; antennae, outer sides of 

 prothorax, outer margin of elytra and legs flavescent ; antennae, with 

 the exception of the three basal joints infuscate ; head elongato- 

 quadrate, not narrowed behind the eyes, which are very prominent ; 

 prothorax as broad as long, a little ampliate before the median part, 

 and a little narrowed behind, posterior angles moderately sharp, 

 recurved, median impression very well defined and reaching the 



