1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 597 



alone well defined, the other striae have disappeared, except the 

 eighth one which is entire, but moderately deep. Length 2|— 3 mm. ; 

 width 1-1 1 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



Tachys picinus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 229. 



Shape, size, and colour of T. faustus, the difference consisting in 

 the striae of the elytra which are very feebly indicated in the an- 

 terior part and disappear almost entirely past the middle. Length 

 2 J- mm. ; width 1 mm. 



Hab. Eastern Caffraria, teste Bohem. 



Boheman's type is the only example of this species which I have 

 seen. 



Tachys partus. 



Testaceous red, shining ; antennae very slightly infuscate with the 

 two basal joints rufescent ; legs flavescent ; prothorax nearly twice 

 as broad as long, slightly narrowed near the base, posterior angles 

 sharp ; elytra ovate, very convex, with three dorsal striae, the second 

 longer than the third, but beginning at the same distance from the 

 base, all the other striae have disappeared, but the outer margin is 

 grooved and punctulate. Length l-|-2 mm. ; width If-l^ Tocim. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch, Grahamstown), Natal (Escourt). 



Tachys apicalis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 228. 



Piceous, very shining, and with a basal and apical ovate reddish 

 patch on each elytron ; antennae infuscate with the exception of the 

 three basal joints which are flavescent ; penultimate joints of the 

 palpi elongated in a moderately thick club shape ; prothorax sub- 

 cordiform with the posterior angles sharp ; elytra twice as broad at 

 the base as the basal part of the prothorax, oblongo-ovate with the 

 shoulders slightly rounded, convex, but depressed in the median part 

 of the disk, with two dorsal, deeply punctured striae on each side, 

 the second of which reaches nearly to the top of the declivity, and 

 has alongside two deep punctures, the other striae have disappeared, 

 except the eighth which is very well defined. Length 3J-3f mm. ; 

 width 1^ mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban, Escourt), also Zanzibar, teste Chaud. 



Tachys imitans. 

 Black, iridescent, and with a basal and apical reddish patch on 

 each elytron ; antennae infuscate, except the three basal joints which 



