1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. Ill 



Family : NITIDULIDiE, 



Tribe: RHIZOPHAGID^E. Lacord. 

 Gen. Mimema. Wollast. 



M. TABULAE. 



Angustum, sub-nitidum ; capite prothoraceque nigris, punctulatis r 

 antennis basi excepta nigris ; elytris flavis, striato punctatis basi 

 apiceque nigris, pedibus flavidis. 



Long. 2-2J, lat. f-l mm . 



Narrow, parallel, not much shining ; head black, strongly impressed 

 on each side in the anterior part, antennas black with the two basal 

 articulations reddish ; prothorax black, finely punctured, little convex 

 on the disk with the outer sides nearly straight ; elytra parallel, very 

 little convex, distinctly punctato-striated, yellowish, with a basal 

 triangular black patch round the scutellum and also a narrow line 

 edging the base, and a broad apical one ; underside black, legs 

 yellowish . 



Closely allied to M. tricolor, Woll., but the colour of the antennae 

 and underside is different, the punctures of the elytra are deeper, and 

 the apical black patch is much more clearly defined. 



Cape Colony (Table Mountain, Hex River). 



Family : COLYDIDJE. 

 Tribe : BOTHRIDERID^E. 

 Gen. BoTHRiDEKEs. Erichs. 



B. CAPICOLA. 



Rufo-ferrugineus, nitidus, proihoracis disco longitudinaliter bi- 

 imp?*esso, elytris utrinque quinque costatis, interstitiis bi-fariam 

 punctulatis, sutura elevata. 



Long. 3J-4, lat. l mm . 



Reddish, shining, club of antennas blackish ; prothorax one half 

 broader at the apex than at the base with the outer sides carinated, 

 the anterior angles rounded, the posterior ones very acute, closely 



