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slightly longer than broad, narrowed laterally in the anterior part for about 
one-third of the length, slightly ampliated in the centre, deeply but 
narrowly grooved in the centre from the base, which is not impressed, to 
about two-thirds of the length, and scrobiculate-punctate as on the frontal 
part ; elytra cylindrical, strongly shagreened and with the two dorsal bands 
on each side distinctly costulate, between the suture and the first discoidal 
band is another very fine costule which disappears beyond the median 
part ; under side aciculate punctate, deeply pubescent ; anterior tibiae 
somewhat ampliated inwardly towards the apex. 
Length 15 mm. ; width 5f mm. 
Hah. Cape Colony (Uitenhage). 
Cantharis caeneola, Pering., 
Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vi., 1892, p. 125. 
Of a fleshy colour, but the under side with the exception of the two 
apical abdominal segments, the antennae, palps and base of femora black, 
prothorax edged all round with black, more broadly along the anterior than 
along the posterior margin, and bearing also an ill-defined fuscous macule 
on each side, the whole body is clothed with a silky flavescent appressed 
pubescence ; the whole head is very closely aciculate punctate, without 
any frontal line ; prothorax ampliate rounded laterally in the centre and 
not produced into a neck, there is no basal depression nor traces of a 
longitudinal line, and the whole surface is very closely aciculate ; elytra 
cylindrical, somewhat robust, little ampliate behind, narrowly rounded 
singly at apex, not costulate, and very finely aciculate punctate ; antennae 
reaching beyond the humeral parts, joints 5-10 longer than broad, of an 
inverted cone shape ; hind femora thickened (c^ ). 
Length 13 mm. ; width 5 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). 
Cantharis amoena, Pering., 
Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vi., 1892, p. 126. 
Dark green, with the antennae black and the elytra flavescent rufescent, 
under and upper sides clothed with a dense appressed greyish pubescence ; 
antennae very short, not reaching the humeral part, joints almost quadrate ; 
head closely aciculate, and having a not very distinct, small smooth patch 
on the anterior part of the frons ; prothorax of the same shape as that of 
G. semilineata, and very closely punctulate, the central part is more or 
less distinctly furrowed longitudinally ; elytra elongated, sub-cylindrical, 
punctate shagreened, briefly but very densely pubescent, and without any 
