366 Descriptive Catalogue [1898. 



posterior part of the supra-marginal line are nearly obliterated; 

 under side and legs smooth and shining. Length 17 mm. ; width 

 6 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Drakensberg Eange). 



Differs much from the other South African species ; in general 

 appearance it approximates a little P. undulatorugosus, Catal., p. 564, 

 but the shape of the prothorax is quite different. 



Teibe PLATYNINI. 



Gen. PLATYNUS, 



Catal., p. 572. 

 Peatynus fraternus. 



Black, the two basal joints of antennae reddish brown ; the others 

 fuscous, legs piceous-brown ; head nearly smooth ; prothorax nearly 

 as long as broad, sub-angulate laterally a little before the median 

 part, as broad or very nearly so at the base as at apex, outer 

 margins recurved, disk distinctly aciculate except in the middle, 

 outer margins slightly rufescent ; elytra oblongo-ovate, narrowly 

 striate with the intervals plane, and the third one with three distinct 

 punctures, the first of which is at some distance from the base, the 

 second at about the median part, and the third at an equal distance 

 from the median one and from the apex ; the outer margin is 

 recurved and the edge is slightly rufescent. Length 13 mm. ; width 

 5 mm. 



Closely allied to P. gih^es, Catal., p. 571, the prothorax is a little 

 more hexagonal, and the sides more distinctly aciculate ; the elytra 

 are quite black instead of being slightly greenish and also opaque 

 in the female, and the striae are not punctulate. 



Hab. Zambesia (Salisbury). 



PLATYNUS L.ETULUS. 



Black, moderately shining, prothorax slightly senescent and sub- 

 opaque, antennae black with the three basal joints, and also the tip 

 of palpi, rufescent, legs red ; prothorax cordiform but a little angular 

 laterally towards the median part, disk smooth ; elytra elongato- 

 ovate, much rounded at the shoulders, nearly three times as broad 

 at base as the base of the prothorax, a little convex on the posterior 

 part, striate with the striae punctulate. 



