120 M. L. Peringuey's Fourth Contribution [March 30 r 



Tribe : TRUE BUPRESTIDJE. 



Gen. AcMuEODERA. Eschsch. 



A. ZAMBEZIANA. 



Oblong a, sub-deplanata, nigro-cenea, parce pubescens ; elytris 

 ccerulis, in singulo quadri-costatis, inter stitiis bifariam rugoso- 

 pu?ictatis, maculisque decern flavidis notatis. 



Long. 16, lat. 5 mm . 



vShape and size of A. caffra, Thumb., which it much resembles ;. 

 the sculpture of the elytra, and also the markings are different. 



Head, prothorax, antennae, underside and legs brassy-black ; head 

 very pilose, prothorax broader than long, much attenuated on the 

 anterior part, little convex, slightly pubescent, and deeply grooved 

 longitudinally ; elytra narrower than the prothorax, long, nearly 

 parallel from the base to a short distance from the apex, depressed, 

 strongly serrated behind, with the suture raised, and four very con- 

 spicuous costse on each elytron having two regular rows of punctures 

 in each interval ; they are cseruleous blue, and have on each side ten 

 yellowish maeulse arranged as follows : 3 extending between the 

 suture and the third interval (the first at about the median part, the 

 second past the middle, and the third one at the apex), 1 (a small one) 

 on the third interval at about the middle, 2 on the fourth interval, 

 and 4. on the interval above the margin (the fourth macula above 

 the apical serration.) 



From Middle Limpopo (Fort Tuli). 



Family : TENEBRIONID^E. 



Tribe : ADESMIID^E. 

 Gen. Adesmiia. Fisch. 



A. (onymachris) agilis. 



Nigra,] sub-nitida, fronte impressa, vertice sub-canalicidato ; pro- 

 thorace fere levi, antice valde exciso ; elytris ovalibus y modice convexis 

 in medio ampliatis, postice aculcatis, sutura eostisque sex in singulo 

 elevatis, costis alternis distinctioribus, i?it€rstitiis rugosis ; epipleuris 

 punctulatis pedibus elongatis, rugosis. 



Long. 14, lat. 9 mm . 



