Keywords: Rare earths / Cobalt / Gallium / Intermetallic phases / Magnetic properties Ternary rare-earth cobalt gallides RE 4 Co 3 Ga 16 (RE = Gd-Er, Y) have been prepared by arc-melting of the elements followed by annealing at 800°C. Single crystals of the Gd and Tb members were also grown in the presence of a Ga selfflux. They extend the rare-earth substitution possible in the Sm 4 Co 3 Ga 16 -type structure (Pearson symbol tP23, space group P4/mmm, Z = 1), in which additional Co atoms enter as self-interstitials into the parent RE 2 CoGa 8 structure. Structural refinements were carried out on single-crystal (RE = Gd, Tb) and powder (RE = Dy, Ho, Er, Y) X-ray diffraction data. Cell parameters lie in the ranges of a = 6.03-5.96 Å and c =