Addenda. GOT 



Sparostes brevilobis, Bates, 

 Entom. Monthly Mag., vol. xxii., p. 193. 



** Cylindrical, piceous black, shining ; antennae and legs rufescont ; 

 labrum with a broad, triangular, median emargination ; cheeks 

 slightly rounded in front of the eyes, not tuberculated behind, and 

 not much more raised than the occiput ; elytra punctato-striate, with 

 the suture not depressed at the base, and the scutellary striola much 

 elongate ; intervals little convex, the third one with five punctures ; 

 sides of metasternum and the whole of abdomen sparsely punctate. 

 Length 20 mm." 



Hab. Zambeze. 



The eighth elytral interstice, as in the other species of the genus, 

 is narrow and cariniform at the extreme base and apex. 



Teibe CHL^NIDES. 



Chl^nius Makalolo, Bates, 

 Entom. Monthly Mag., vol xxiii,, 1886, p. 12. 



*' Elongate, black with a dark-blue tinge ; posterior part of the head 

 and prothorax with rough, confluent punctures ; elytra finely 

 punctate ; head gradually narrowed behind the eyes ; palpi truncate 

 at the apex and not dilated ; front of labrum straight ; prothorax 

 subquadrate, with the outer sides not much rounded in the middle, 

 and the posterior angles moderately sharp ; elytra deeply punctulato- 

 striate, with the intervals convex and alternately moderately smooth 

 or closely punctured. Length 26 mm." 



Hab. Mozambique, Zambeze. 



This species is probably allied to C. cceruleolimbatus. 



Teibe PTEKOSTICHIDES. 



Gen. ABACETUS. 

 Abacetus conformis. 



Black, shining ; palpi, the three basal joints of antennae, and the 

 legs reddish or reddish brown. It is closely allied to A. natalensis 

 and A. obtusus ; the shape and sculpture of the head and prothorax 

 are the same as in the last-named species, but the elytra are a little 

 more elongate and the humeral are more obliquely rounded ; they 

 are also striate, but the intervals- are not quite so convex, and the 

 median puncture on the third interval is more pronounced. Length 

 6^ mm. ; width 2f mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Uitenhage), 



