1898.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 347 



ill-defined, distant punctures on the third and fifth intervals ; under 

 side black, legs piceous. Length 14J mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Male unknown. 



Very closely allied to A. melanarius, CataL, p. 425; the facies is 

 identical ; the prothorax has the same shape and also lacks the lateral 

 basal impressions, but the median part of the base is more broadly 

 punctured, the central longitudinal line does not reach as far towards 

 the base as in A. melanarius ; the elytra have a much more distinct 

 greenish tinge. I have seen one female only. 



Hob. Natal (Tugela River). 



Gen. HYPOLITHUS, 



CataL, p. 431. 

 Hypolithus strenuus. 



Flavous ; head closely aciculate ; prothorax one-third broader than 

 long, much rounded laterally for two-thirds of the length, narrowed 

 and a little sinuated from there to the base, where it is narrower by 

 one-fourth than at its widest part ; it is deeply and closely aciculate, 

 and the discoidal part is darker than the outer sides ; elytra oblong, 

 narrowly striate with the intervals plane and very closely aciculate, 

 the dorsal part is somewhat infuscate, and the second and fourth 

 intervals are tessellated with broad, sub-quadrate spots lighter than 

 the background, but there is no trace of any seriated punctures. 

 Length 8 mm. ; width 3f mm. 



I do not know the male of this species, and I include it provision- 

 ally only in the genus Hypolithus, although the shape of the 

 prothorax is very different on account of it being narrowed towards 

 the base and sinuate above it. Anisotoma posticalis, CataL, p. 439, 

 may prove to belong to this group of Hypolithus, but I have 

 not seen the male as yet. H. strenuus is easily distinguished by the 

 tessellation on the elytra which is very different from that of H. 

 escheri and H. saponarius, and the general facies of these two species 

 is very different. 



Hob. Natal (D'Urban). 



Hypolithus patruelis. 



Brownish red with the dorsal part of the elytra darker, antennae 

 and legs slightly flavescent ; head smooth ; prothorax long, nearly 



