1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 103 



Tribe : MORIONID^E. 

 'Gen. Stereostoma. Murr. 



S. MERIDTONALIS 



Niger, nitldus ; capite utrinque longitudinaliter canaliculato, pro- 

 thorace transverso, in medio canaliculato utrinque jwstice profunde 

 impresso ; elytris elongatis, fere parallelis, convexis, profunde 

 sfriatis, inter stitiis sub-rotundatis. 



Long. 23, lat. 8^ mm . 



Black, shining, head punctulated and with two lateral long impres- 

 sions ; antennae, with the exception of the three basal joints briefly 

 pubescent ; prothorax transverse with the sides rnarginated, little 

 convex, with a median narrow groove broadening as it reaches the 

 base, and a broad, deep impression on each side, near the base ; elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, elongated, nearly parallel, rounded 

 behind, convex, deeply striated with a narrow line in the striae and 

 with the intervals moderately convex ; legs setulose, anterior tibiae 

 slightly, intermediate and hind ones strongly serrated outwardly. 



Transvaal (Rustenburg). 



Tribe : CHL^ENIDJE. 

 Gen. ChljENius. Bonelli. 



C. VERECUNDUS. 



Supra niger, sub-nitidus, pubescens, subtus mneus glaber ; capite 

 prothoraceque viridi-cencis, labro, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufis ; 

 elytris deplanatis, elongatis, postice leviter ampliatis, snb-costatis, 

 costis rugosis ; plaga rotundata post medium posita maculaque 

 apicali sub-triangula flavo-testaceis in singulo ornatis. 



Long. 12, lat. 5 mm . 



Head coppery green, shining, closely and finely punctured ; labrum, 

 palpi and antennae reddish ; prothorax very rugose with the sides 

 rounded, as long as broad, plane, grooved in the centre and deeply 

 impressed on each side from the base to a little past the middle; 

 elytra plane, elongated, slightly ampliated past the middle and rounded 

 at the apex, pubescent, sub-costate with the costas finely rugose, each 

 with a more or less rounded yellowish patch placed past the middle 



