1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 61 



thorax closely punctured, the latter short, transverse, moderately 

 convex, elytra elongated, convex, slightly ampliated past the middle, 

 striated, with the striae deeply punctured, and the intervals narrow 

 and smooth ; legs and underside black, shining. 



Family : CISTELID^E. 

 Gen. Othelecta. Pasc. 



286. 0. torrida. Pascoe. 

 Recorded from Walfish Bay. 



Gen. Ectenostoma. Fahr. 



287, E. nigriventris. Fahr. 



„ from Natal, Transvaal and Zambeze. 



Family : LAGRIID^E. 

 Gen. Lagria. Fabric. 



288. L. corrugata. spec. nov. 



Oblonga, aeneo-virescens, capite prothorace subtusque sparse rufo- 

 pilosis ; elytris sub-deplanatis corrugatis, glabris, nitidis, antennis 

 nigris. 



Long. 12-13, lat. 5±-6 mm . 



Oblong, brassy-green, darker on the head and prothorax ; antennae 

 with the four basal articulations reddish, the other black ; head and 

 prothorax deeply punctured, the latter nearly rounded but not much 

 convex, fringed with short yellowish hairs ; elytra twice as broad as 

 the prothorax at the base, increased from past the middle, rounded 

 behind, sub-depressed on the disk, coarsely shagreened, hairless and 

 shining ; underside and legs slightly pubescent. 



Shape of L. amoena. Fahr, larger, more depressed and lacking 

 the fulvo-villose cavity of the disk in the prothorax. 

 „ from the Zambeze. 



