1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. bll 



base ; elytra elongate, hardly attenuate behind, and very strongly 

 sinuate at apex, plane, striate ; under side fuscous. Length 7 mm. ; 

 width 4 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Isipongo). 



Is distinguished from P. ca2)ensis,natalensis, &c., by the shorter 

 and broader prothorax and the more quadrate shape of the elytra. 



Platynus natalensis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 174. 



Obscurely aeneous brown ; palpi, with the exception of the apical 

 joints, which are slightly infuscate, the three basal joints of antennae, 

 legs, and a narrow outer marginal band on the prothorax flavescent ; 

 prothorax moderately narrow, subcordiform, gradually attenuate 

 behind but not sinuate, posterior angles obtuse ; both head and 

 prothorax smooth ; elytra elongato-ovate, one-third broader than the 

 prothorax at its widest part, a little convex, or, properly speaking, 

 less plane than the other species, sinuate behind, striate with the 

 intervals plane and smooth ; the striae distinctly punctate from the 

 base to a short distance from the apex ; under side piceous brown. 

 Length 9 mm. ; width 3 J mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town), Mozambique (Kikatla), Port 

 Natal, teste Bohem. 



Platynus striatitarsis. 



Eeddish brown with a faint metallic tinge ; palpi, legs, and the 

 three basal joints of antennae slightly rufescent ; head smooth ; 

 prothorax narrow, elongate, cordiform, very distinctly sinuate 

 laterally behind, and with the posterior angle very nearly sharp, 

 disk smooth, but faintly plicate transversely on the posterior part ; 

 elytra elongato-ovate, nearly twice as broad as the prothorax, 

 slightly sinuate behind, striate, the striae impunctate ; under side 

 light brown. Length 7 mm. ; width 3 J mm. 



Hab. Natal, teste Chaud. 



Mons. Eene Oberthur has given me one example of this species, 

 for which I retain Chaudoir's collection name. 



Platynus capicola. 



Black, shining, with the three basal joints of antennae, the 

 palpi, legs flavescent ; prothorax with a broad flavescent band, and 

 elytra with a narrow outer margin of the same colour ; head smooth ; 

 prothorax broad, cordiform, as broad as long, posterior angles nearly 

 acute ; elytra oblong, one-third broader than the prothorax at the 

 base, a little ampliate past the middle, sinuate behind, plane, striate, 

 the striae slightly punctate ; under side piceous. Length 10 mm. ; 

 width 4 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



