1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Faun-i. 125 



Tribe : PYCNOCERID^E. 



Gen. Catamerus. Fairm. 



C. TRANSVAALENSIS. 



Niger, nitidus, capite profunde punctate verticeque impresso ; pro- 

 thorace globoso, punctulato, marginato maigine laterali utrinque vage 

 serrata ; elytris elongato- ovatis ; convexis, profunde seriato-punctatis, 

 inter stitiis convexis ; femoribus anticis apice acute dentatis. 



Long. 20, lat. lO 11 ™. 



Black, shining, head and epistome deeply punctured, the former 

 with a deep median impression ; prothorax globose, finely but not 

 deeply punctured, marginated all round, the lateral margins with 

 a faint serration ; elytra broader than the prothorax, ovate, elongated 

 convex, slightly dehiscent behind, deeply punctato-striated, with the 

 intervals rounded ; underside punctato-plicate, smooth ; anterior, 

 femora with a strong apical inner tooth. 



Differs only in colouring from C. Revoilii, Fairm. ; is, however, 

 smaller. 



Transvaal (Leydenburg). 



Family : MELOID^. 



Tribe : CANTHARID-ffi. 

 Gen. Lytta. Fabric. 



L. CARNEOLA. 



Oblonga, atra, pilis decumbentibus cinereis vestita ; capite, pro- 

 thoracis disco, elytris, pedibus femorum basi excepta segmentisque 

 abdominis duobus ultimis rufis. , 



Long. 13-14, lat. 4 mm . 



Head pilose, reddish, narrower than the prothorax, deflexed, faintly 

 depressed on the vertex, with a circular groove above the epistome ; 

 prothorax convex, a little longer than broad, slightly rugose, depressed 

 in the centre, pilose black with the upper part reddish ; scutellsm 

 very tomentose, black ; elytra reddish ; three times as long as the 

 prothorax and slightly broader, convex, rounded at the apex, covered 

 with closely set greyish decumbent hairs ; antennaB, palpi, base of 

 the femora, tarsi, and the four basal segments of the abdomen black 

 and tomentose. 



