1907.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 447 



pencil of hairs, the inner densely pubescent, last joint of both palps 

 cylindrical ; clypeus slightly alternate in front, the outer angles are 

 moderately rounded, and the apex more or less deeply sinuate ; 

 antennal club of male not as long as the pedicel ; prothorax sub- 

 trapezoidal, not distinctly arcuate above the scutellum which is 

 sharply acuminate, but only one-third longer than broad at the 

 base ; elytra robust, bi-costate on each side, each of the two 

 intervals geminate striate ; sternal process projecting slightly 

 beyond the coxae and transversely ampliate there; anterior tibiae 

 uni-, bi-, or tri-dentate, when not uni-dentate the two apical teeth 

 are set close to each other; tarsi moderately long, the basal joint of 

 the hind ones normal in both sexes. 



Key to the Species. 



A3. Anterior tibias tri-dentate in both sexes. 



Head and disk of prothorax bronze-green ; elytra testaceous, 

 maculated with black spots tigrina. 



A 2 . Anterior tibial bi-clentate in the $ , tri-dentate in the ? . 



The two teeth of the fore tibiae set very close to each other 

 ( $ ), upper side flavo-testaceous, prothorax and elytra pluri- 

 maculate with black nigropunctulata. 



A 1 . Anterior tibias uni-dentate in the S , bi-dentate in the ? . 



Head black, upper side flavo-testaceous, disk of prothorax 



and elytra maculated with black barbertonensis. 



Elaphinis tigrina, Oliv., 

 EntomoL, i., p. 91, pi. 12, fig. 112. 

 Gory and Perch., Monogr., p. 272, pi. 53, fig. 2. 

 furvata, Fabric, Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 130. 



iEneo-rufescent, with the head somewhat infuscate, sub-opaque on 

 the upper side ; the prothorax is either totally dull bronze-green on the 

 disk with the sides flavous testaceous, or the bronze patch is divided 

 into several longitudinal bands more or less coalescent in the 

 centre, and splashed with irregular, small whitish macules which are 

 often absent ; the scutellum is testaceous yellow marginated with 

 fuscous ; and the elytra, which are also testaceous yellow, have on 

 each side three or four rows of black macules ; the pygidium is also 

 maculated with fuscous. Head and clypeus closely punctate, the 

 latter part is only slightly attenuate in front with the outer angles 

 moderately rounded and the anterior part somewhat broadly 

 emarginate, each puncture bears a very short hair ; prothorax very 

 closely punctate, the punctures fine and deep ; scutellum impunctate; 



