1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 131 



the exception of the foliated hind tibiae ches nut-red. The hind femora 

 are, in some examples, sometimes blueish ; head and prothoiax very 

 rugose, deeply pitted, the latter with the outer sides obtusely triangular 

 and the disk without impression ; elytra finely shagreened, elongated, 

 nearly parallel and each one with a conspicuous dorsal raised line ; 

 they are of a deep- blue colour with a rufous patch on the extreme 

 apical part ; underside silky-pubescent with the two last abdominal 

 segments rufous ; posterior tibiaa broadly spatulated on the inner and 

 outer sides, the inner edge fringed with short blackish hairs. 



Allied to P. triangularis Auriv. 



Neighbourhood of Limpopo River. 



Gen. Litopus. Serville. 



L. SUTURALIS. 



Supra ameo-viridis, subtus prasinus ; prothorace piano, lateribus 

 in medio dilatatis vittis angustis tribus purpureis supra notato ; 

 elytris rugosulis, fere plants, postice sab-angustatis, ceneis vel ceneo 

 viridibus vittaque suturali purpurea ornatis ; antennis pedibusque 

 rufis, geniculis tibiisque posticis chalybeis. 



Long. 19-20, lat. 4 mm . 



Head green, finely aciculated with a narrow longitudinal groove ; 

 antennas red with the apical part of the articulations chalybeate ; 

 prothorax nearly rounded on the sides, depressed above, with a trans- 

 verse sub-apical, two lateral and a supra-scutellary depression, also a 

 fine longitudinal groove in the centre, dark brassy-green with a 

 purplish median band and two sub-lateral ones ; scutellum green ; 

 elytra finely shagreened, nearly straight, slightly tapering at the apex, 

 plane, brassy-green, with a broad dark purple band running on both 

 sides of the margin ; underside bright metallic green covered with a 

 very short whitish pubescence ; legs red with the apical part of the 

 femora and also the tibias of the hind pair chalybeate. 



Closely allied to L. latipes, Fab., but differentiated by its colouring. 



Cape Colony (East London), Natal (D' Urban). 



