1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 41 



Gen. Steraspis. Solier. 



189. S. BREVICORNIS. Klug. 



Recorded from the Zambeze falls. 



190. S. ambigtja. Fahr. 



„ from Damaraland. 



Gen. Chrysochroa. Solier. 



191. C. Peteli. Gory. 



„ from Damaraland, the Zambeze and Northern Transvaal. 



Gen. Psiloptera. 



192. P. AMATJROTICA. Klug. 



„ from Zambeze River. 



193. P. OPHTHALMICA. Klug. 



„ from Zambeze. 



194. P. hilaris. spec. nov. 



Oblo?iga, modice convexa, postice aculeata, aenea, capite, prothora- 

 ceque opalino-aurato squamosis ; prothorace profunde punctato, hi' 

 medio anguste carinato plagisque duabus rotundatis, nitidis utrinque 

 notato; elytris elongatis, sub-costatis, costis punctis auratis regulariter 

 seriatis, marginibus albidis. 



Long. 22-28, lat. 9-1 3 mm * 



Oblong, little convex, much attenuated behind ; of a bronze colour,, 

 with the head, prothorax and underside covered with opaline scales with 

 a golden tinge ; prothorax with a fine smooth shining raised line in the 

 centre and two rounded smooth patches on each side, completely 

 disconnected with one another ; elytra finely striated, with the striae 

 and the interstices regularly punctured, the punctures golden ; 

 the four last segments of the abdomen each with a small denuded 

 round spot, outer margins white. " Allied to P. amaurotica, the 

 tessellation of the elytra being almost the same, and to P. ophthalmicus . 

 owing to the smooth prothoracic patches which are identical. 



195. P. plagicollis. Boh. 



,, from Bechuanaland. 



