1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. \9 



62. C. ovampo. spec. nov. 



Viridi ameus, antennarum articulo primo secundoque, palpis atque 

 pedibus flavis ; prothorace transverso, lato ; elytris breviter pubescen- 

 tibus, striatis, interstitiis crebre punctatis, macula postica sinuata inter 

 strias 3 — 8 locata albido-flava in singulo ornatis. 



Long. 14, lat. 15 mm - 



Shape and marking of C. per spirillar! s, Erichs ; head and prothorax 

 brassy-green, shining like the prothorax, this one nearly as broad as^ 

 long, faintly grooved longitudinally in the centre and with a moderately 

 deep sulcus on either side posteriorly ; elytra elongated, nearly straight, 

 rounded postically, little convex, pubescent, striated, with the intervals 

 shagreened and having each a sinuated yellow patch at about the third 

 part of the elytra and extending from the third to the eighth interval ;: 

 this patch is almost square from the third to the sixth, interval and 

 narrowed on the seventh and eighth, and reaches there a little nearer 

 to the apex. 



63. C. egregius. spec. nov. 



(Eneo-cceruleus, postice sub-violaceus, sub-nitidus, supra breviter 

 pubescens ; palpis, antennarum basi pedibusque rufis ; prothorace 

 breviter transverso, lateraliter anguste rufo-marginato ; elytris elonga- 

 tis, sub-rectis, modice convexis, anguste striatis, plaga posticali flavo- 

 rufa, transversa, lata utrinque marginem fere attingente, ornatis. 



Long. 11, lat v 4 mm * 



Metallic-blue turning to violet-blue on the apical part of the 

 elytra, briefly tomentose ; the palpi, the three first articulations of the 

 antennae and the legs red ; prothorax as broad as long, short, deeply 

 punctured, slightly grooved in the centre and with a lateral depression 

 on each side behind, lateral margins raised and reddish ; elytra 

 decidedly, though moderately convex, broader at the base than the 

 prothorax, finely striated with the intervals broad and closely punctured, 

 and with a broad, yellowish red, very little sinuated, transverse band 

 extending almost from outer margin to outer margin, and placed above 

 the apical part ; underside metallic greenish-blue. 



Approximates C. ( Vertagus) Bohemani, but very distinct. 



64. C. Dussaulti. Duf. 

 Recorded from Upper Limpopo. 



65,. C. signatus. Bohem. 



C. apiatus. Klug. 



„ from Mozambique. 

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