118 M. L. Peringuey's Fourth Contribution [March 30, 



pubescentibus ; elytris levibus, a basi ultra medium fere rectis. delude 

 ad apicem acuminatis, leviter pu?ictulato-striatis, marginibus albo 

 Jfimbatis ; subtus dense flavo-pubescente , in medio denudata, ignea, 

 ■abdomine utrinque punctis quatuor parvis denudatis, seriatis. 



Long. 22, lat. 9 mm . 



Elongated, brassy, moderately shining on the upper part ; head 

 very rugose with a distinct median ridge on the vertex ; prothorax 

 with the anterior part rounded, disk irregularly punctured, faintly 

 depressed longitudinally and with two narrow punctures at the base, 

 the lateral sides are very much depressed, a little less broad on each 

 side than the discoidal part, strongly scrobiculated, co^ ered with a 

 white tomentum, and with a very small, denuded, irregular dot on each 

 side of the disk, in a line with the eyes ; elytra not much shining, a 

 little broader than the prothorax, with a small, elongated protuberance at 

 the shoulder, nearly straight from there to a little past the middle, from 

 which point they are acuminated towards the apex, not much convex, 

 and very finely and not deeply punctured, the punctures very close 

 and forming regular series with the intervals less vaguely punctured ; 

 underside roughly and irregularly foveated, median part denuded, 

 glowing metallic red, the remainder covered with a dense yellow 

 pubescence, first four abdominal segments with a small denuded dot on 

 «ach side ; legs fiery, metallic red, deeply punctured, with the punctures 

 filled with a white tomentum. 



From O'Kiep, Namaqualand. 



Gen. Chalcophora. (chalcoplia). Sol. 



C. PATRICIA. 



Elo?igata, supra obscure cuprea ; prothorace in medio sub-canali- 

 eulato, ad basim foveato, lateribus depla?iatis, rugose fovea tis, aureo- 

 pubescentibus maeulaque denudata a?itica, nigra, ; elytris sub- 

 parallelis humeris sub-elevatis, vage punctulatis margine lateral i 

 punctis viridi-micantibus seriatis ; subtus rugose-foveata, lanuginosa, 

 ignea. 



Long. 20, lat. 8 mm . 



Elongated, of a dark coppery tinge on the upper part ; head rugose 

 with three distinctly raised, sinuated lines on the vertex ; antenna? 

 metallic blue-black ; prothorax with the sides very rounded, disk 

 plane with a median punctulated longitudinal depression, a fovea at 



