'■62 M. L. Peringuey's Third Contribution [March 30, 



289. L. amcena. Fahr. 



The examples from Ovampoland have the elytra dark-coppery hue, 

 instead of testaceous as in the types. 



Recorded from Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal and Zambeze. 



.290. L. propinqua. Fahr. 



„ from Northern Transvaal and Zambeze. 



.291. L. fuscipennis. Fabr. 



„ from Transvaal and Natal. 



Family : MELOIDJE. 

 Gen. Meloe. Linn. 



292. M. meridianus. spec. nov. 



Cyaneo-purpurascens ; capite profunde punctato ; prothorace sub- 

 quadrato, scrobiculato, in medio late canaliculato ; elylris costis sub- 

 elevatis undulatisque ; abdomine pedibusque cyaneis. 



Long. 25, lat. 7 mm . 



Head deeply punctured with a distinct longitudinal depression on 

 the vertex ; antennae dark blue, prothorax sub-quadrate, coarsely 

 punctured with the punctures almost foveate, deeply grooved in the 

 middle of the disk, the walls of the groove slightly raised and deflexed ; 

 elytra three times as long as the prothorax, covered with irregular, 

 sinuose, raised lines ; abdomen and legs dark-blue. 



Head and prothorax shaped as in M. angulicollis, Leach, its nearest 

 ally ; the sinuated lines of the elytra approximate those of 

 M. coffer. Pering., but are not so much raised ; this species is very 

 distinct from the three known South-African Meloe. 



Gen. Horia. Fabric. 



293. H. hottentota. Pering. 



„ from Cape Colony, Natal, Walfish Bay. 

 Generally found under the bark of dead trees ; is evidently a 

 parasite of Xylocopa bees ; the female has been met with in the 

 galleries of Xylocopa inconstans. Sm. 



