580 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Synopsis of Species. 

 Elytra black. 



Prothorax subovate ; antennae flavescent ; knees not infuscate . . elcgans. 



Prothorax elongate ; antennae subflavescent ; knees not infuscate intermedins. 



All the joints of antennae and also the knees infuscate . . . . caffer. 

 The four basal joints of antennse infuscate, the other joints 



whitish alhicornis. 



Elytra dark green. 



Antennae very long, the three basal joints flavescent, the other 

 joints and also the knees infuscate gracilis. 



EULEPTUS ELEGANS. 



Palpi, antennae, and legs flavescent ; head nearly smooth, dark 

 green ; prothorax a little longer than broad, subovate, finely plicate 

 transversely, black, opaque ; elytra oblong, with the shoulders 

 broadly rounded, plane, sinuate behind, narrowly striate, with the 

 intervals plane and very finely aciculate, black with a silky sheen ; 

 apical part of the femora very slightly infuscate ; under side black. 



In the male the prothorax is probably less ovate. Length 8 mm. ; 

 width 2 J mm. 



Hah. Natal (Frere). 



EuLEPTUS INTEEMEDIUS. 



Ver}^ closely allied to the preceding species, but distinguished by 

 the shape of the prothorax, which is much more elongated and 

 much narrower in the posterior than in the anterior part ; the 

 antennae are less flavescent ; the prothorax and elytra less intense 

 black ; the colour of the legs is, however, identical ; the under side is 

 piceous or light brown. Length 8J mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



EuLEPTUs CAFFEE, Boliem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 168. 



Head dark green ; all the joints of antennae black, the three basal 

 ones piceous ; palpi infuscate ; prothorax elongate, with the lateral 

 median part subaculeate, the posterior more attenuate than the 

 anterior, disk finely plicate transversely, black, opaque ; el}i;ra 

 elongate, one-third broader than the prothorax, parallel with the 

 shoulders gradually rounded, sinuate behind, plane, narrowly striate, 

 deep opaque black with a faint silky sheen ; under side piceous black ; 

 legs flavescent ; apical part of femora broadly infuscate. Length 

 10 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Natal '(Frere, Escourt). 



