596 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



more attenuate behind than in front with the posterior angles sharp but 

 not projecting ; elytra oblongo-ovate, slightly convex, and having 

 four dorsal striae on each side, and the eighth is entire and well 

 defined, the second one begins at some distance from the base and 

 reaches the top of the posterior declivity, the third one is shorter, 

 and the fourth is shorter than the third, which has two moderately 

 distinct punctures, and extends a little further on each side, while 

 the fourth does not extend beyond the two punctures. Length 

 2-2i mm. ; width 0.;^-l mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



Tachys spubius. 



Black, shining ; shape and size of T. capicola ; elytra oblongo- 

 ovate, slightly convex, and having on each side four dorsal striae, 

 the eighth is entire and well defined, the second dorsal one begins 

 at some distance from the base and barely reaches the top of the 

 declivity, the third one is the shortest, beginning slightly in advance 

 of the first puncture, but reaching no further than the second, and 

 the fourth begins a little nearer to the base than the second and is 

 also produced slightly further than the third one ; legs pale flaves- 

 cent. Length 2-2^ mm. ; width 1 mm. 



Hah. Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Tachys vagans. 



Black, shining ; shape of T. capicola and T. spuruis, but a little 

 more elongate ; elytra with four dorsal striae, and a well defined 

 eighth one; the striae are very closely punctulate, the sutural one 

 begins, like the second, at some distance from the base, and the 

 second reaches the top of the posterior declivity, the third and fourth 

 begin at about the same distance from the base, a little lower down 

 than the other two, are nearly of equal length and reach to a little 

 short of the posterior declivity ; the punctures on the third interval 

 are indistinct. Length 2 mm. ; width 1 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Escourt). 



Tachys faustus. 

 Black, iridescent on the elytra; antennae black with the two basal 

 joints flavescent; legs flavescent ; penultimate joints of palpi sub- 

 pyriform ; prothorax broader than long, a little ampliate in the 

 anterior part and slightly narrowxd behind, the basal angles sharp ; 

 elytra oblongo-ovate, slightly convex, but depressed in the discoidal 

 part, and with three dorsal striae, the second one extending as far 

 from the base as from the apex, the third one shorter than the 

 second and limited by two punctures, the anterior one of which is 



