1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 085 



median part with a long deeply bifid tooth ; ligula in the shape of a 

 broad, inverted triangle veiy slightly sinuate in the apical part, 

 glabrous but with two median setae, so closely set as to look as one ; 

 paraglossae slender, united with the ligula and slightly projecting 

 beyond it, terminal joint of the palpi long, swollen at the base, sub- 

 aculeate at the tip > labrum transverse, not incised ; eyes prominent ; 

 head with a deep supra-orbital, straight groove ; antennae long, sub- 

 filiform, the two basal joints and the greatest part of the third 

 glabrous, the first one slightly swollen, the second one-half shorter 

 than either the first or third ; prothorax subcordiform with the 

 posterior angles acute ; elytra elongate, subparallel laterally, 

 punctato-striate, with the sixth and seventh striae less defined than 

 the others, and the eighth one not reaching the base ; legs mode- 

 rately long, tibiae spinulose outwardly, the anterior ones truncate at 

 the apex ; the two basal joints of the anterior tarsi of the male 

 dilated and squamulose underneath. 



Hab. The genus is represented in Europe, Transcaucasia, Africa 

 (Senegal), the Canary Islands, Cuba, and South America. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Elytra with a broad, dorsal longitudinal green band, the rest 

 light testaceous. 



Elytra with the seventh stria quite indistinct, the eighth stria 

 impunctate lampriis. 



Elytra with the seventh stria distinct, the eighth stria punc- 

 tate apicalis. 



Elytra totally dark green. 



Elytra with the seventh stria distinct, the eighth stria punc- 

 tate senegalensis. 



PoGONUs LAMPEUS, Wiedcm., 

 Zool. Mag., ii., 1823, p. 55. 



Head and prothorax bright metallic green ; antennae, base of 

 mandibles and palpi pale yellow ; head nearly smooth ; prothorax 

 ampliate from the apical angle to two-thirds of the length, narrowed 

 behind with the posterior angle sharp but not projecting, slightly 

 convex in the anterior part of the disk with the base depressed and 

 very closely punctured, median longitudinal groove narrow ; elytra 

 elongate, subparallel for three-fourths of the length ; striate, the striae 

 decreasing in length the further they are removed from the suture, the 

 first six dorsal striae are deeply punctured, the seventh one is hardly 

 distinct, and the eighth is not punctate ; they are light yellowy 

 with a broad dorsal bright green patch extending as far as the fifth 

 stria on each side and extending to half the length or a little further ; 

 under side piceous red. Length 6^ mm. ; width 2J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Gape Town). 



