1904.] Catalogue of tJie Golcoptera of South Africa. 73 



densely but not deeply punctate, very broad behind, plainly narrowed 

 towards the apex and slightly bi-sinuate behind, sides ciliate, posterior 

 angles obtuse, not sharp; scutellum long, shaped as a triangle rounded 

 at apex, and roughly punctate ; elytra little wider than the prothorax, 

 convex, and twice and a half its length, somewhat ampliated towards 

 the apex, broadly rounded together and declivous there, obsoletely 

 striate and densely punctate, lateral margin ciliate; anterior 

 tibiae obtusely tri-dentate ; pectus shining, densely punctate ; abdo- 

 minal segments more roughly punctate transversely in the middle; 

 pygidium convex, moderately shining, triangular, with the angles 

 rounded, and distinctly densely punctate. 



Length 5-6 mm. ; width 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Boroma, on the Zambesi Eiver." 



Herr Brenske identified my Autoserica concor clans with S. 

 zambesina, Brancs., but I think that it is a mistake. 



Seeica caebonaeia, Burm., 

 Handb. d. Entomol., iv., 2, p. 167. 



" Antennae 10- jointed, body in general shorter and more 

 spherical, mesosternum broader, coxae considerably remote (Oma- 

 lopia) Muls. 



Intensely black, and with a pearly sheen; elytra completely 

 opaque, striate, clypeus shiny. 



Length 2f lin. 



Short and compact, uniformly black, under side and pronotum 

 with a bright pearly glance, finely punctured ; clypeus shiny, densely 

 punctured ; elytra completely opaque, distinctly striate, finely 

 punctate, in each puncture a grey, small puncture ; antennae and 

 legs shining black, the joints brown. 



Hab. South Africa." 



Seeica eobusta, Blanch., 



Catal. Coll. Ent., 1850, p. 79. 



" Ovate, very thick, black, moderately shiny; head very wide,, 

 punctate ; clypeus coarctate, angular, carinate in the middle ; 

 antennae ferruginous, club black, a little shorter than the pedicel ; 

 prothorax broad, convex, shiny, slightly punctate all over, and 

 having some fulvous lateral hairs ; scutellum black, punctate ; 

 elytra convex, striate, punctate all over; dark red, with a purplish 

 sheen, suture and outer margin blackish ; legs piceous, posterior 



