1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 107 



Greenish-bronze, moderately shilling and very briefly tomentose, 

 palpi and antennas pale-yellow, the five apical joints of the latter 

 covered with a greyish pubescence, head nearly smooth, prothorax 

 convex, faintly impressed laterally, much broader anteriorly than at 

 the base ; elytra convex, dehiscent behind, dark metallic green with 

 the postical part pale-yellow, legs pale-yellow. The breadth of this 

 postical patch varies, being sometimes limited to a broad marginal 

 band, or again invading the whole of the dehiscent postical part and 

 ascending diagonally to about the middle of the length of the elytra. 



Found in a small pool of sea-water. 



Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



H. EXTREMA. 



Viridi ce?iea, elytris elongatis, co?ivexis, pallido testaceis, distincte 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis levibus, pedibus testaceis. 



Long. 2, lat. lj mm . 



Greenish-bronze, little shining ; head finely punctulated, palpi pale- 

 yellow with the exception of the apical joint which is slightly infus- 

 cated, antennas of the same colour with the four apical joints pubescent, 

 grey ; prothorax convex, short, much broader anteriorly than at the 

 base, faintly punctured ; elytra elongated, convex, slightly ampliated 

 past the middle, of a light testaceous colour, briefly pubescent, and 

 regularly and distinctly punctato-striated with the interstices smooth ; 

 legs and tarsi testaceous, but of a darker hue than the elytra. 



Cape Colony (Cape Town, Hex River). 



Trite: SPHERCHEIDJE. 

 Gen. Sphekcheus. Illig. 



£. CAPICOLA. 



Pallido- flavus, nitidus, capite prothoraceque breviter pubescentibus, 

 punctulatis, illo clypeo recurvo, in medio inciso ; elytris brunneo- 

 tessellatis, ovatis, convexissimis, in singulo quadi-costatis, interstitiis 

 projunde pimctatis, subtus infuscatus, pedibus testaceis. 



Long. 4, lat. 3 mm . 



Pale-flavous shining : ; head and prothorax briefly pubescent, punc- 

 rtulated, the former with the clypeus recurved, and broadly incised 

 .anteriorly ; elytra very convex, nearly transparent, tessellated with 



