(271) 7. — Seventh Contribution to the South African Coleo'pterous Fauna.-By L. Peringuey, Directors' DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF CODEOPTERA IN THE COLLECTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. (Plates V. and VI.) Family CICINDELIDuiE. Gen. DEOMICA (COSMEMA), Dej. Dromica (Cosmema) convexicollis, n. sp. <? : Supra seneo-nigra lateribus prothoracis, elytrorum subtusque seneo-caeruleis ; femoribus viridibus, tibiis antennarumque articulis basalibus quatuor sub-rufescentibus, labro flavescente, late nigro marginato, palpis flavis, articulo ultimo apice anguste infuscato ; capite lato, inter oculos valde longitudinaliter plicato ; prothorace latitudine longiore, antice baud sensim postice magis strangulato, disco praesertim in partem posticam valde elevato convexo, fere sub-gibboso, transversim strigillato ; elytris elongatis, pone humeros ad medium inflexis, deinde parum incrassatis, ad apieem acuminatis ibidem spina valida acuta valde divergente utrinque munitis, supra convexis sutura acuta, punctis profundis ad latera obliteratis a basi usque ad apieem aequalibus, interstitio angusto separatis obsitis, in callo bumerali macula parva rotunda, pone medium altera ovata supra marginal! et prope apieem vitta maculiformi flavo albidis utrinque ornatis. This species is very closely allied to D. cordicollis, Chaud., which I erroneously stated to be synonymous with D. gruti, Chd.,t and * The first four Contributions were published in the Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 1885-1892 ; the fifth and sixth in the Annals of the South African Museum, vol. i., p. 240, and vol. iii., p. 167. t Descriptive Catal. S. Afr. Coleoptera, Cicindelidse, p. 86, Trans. S. Afr. Phil. -Soc, vol vii., 1892. 22
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