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Show 256 MR. MARTIN JAC0BY ON [Feb. 16, legs dai'k fulvous; thorax transverse, finely punctured ; elytra more strongly punctured, the pubescence arranged in rows ; femora with a very small tooth. Length 2 millim. Head closely and rather strongly punctured, cupreous, clothed with long white pubescence; labrum fulvous, anterior margin of the epistome triangularly emarginate ; eyes oblong, rather large ; antenna? with the terminal four joints strongly dilated, the preceding joint triangularly elongate, all fulvous, the last ones slightly darker; thorax about one-half broader than long, the sides rounded, slightly widened at tlxe middle, sculptured and pubescent like the head ; scutellum subquadrate, pubescent; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, more strongly punctured than the latter, the punctuation close, the base with an obsolete ti-ansverse depression, the surface pubescent like the other parts; underside darker seneous, finely and closely punctured; _ pro-sternum subquadrate, strongly punctured ; femora with a minute tooth, fulvous like the tibia? and tarsi or stained with a?neous. Hab. Lower Tugela, Natal (C. Barker). This species, although possessing all the structural characters of Pausiris, differs from tlxe other members of the genus in having the femora armed with a small tooth and in the rather broader presternum. I am not certain as to the sex of the two specimens which I received from Mr. Barker, but they are probably both females. PAUSIRIS SEMIRUGOSUS, sp. n. Dark a?neous, finely pubescent; antenna? black, head strongly, thorax extremely closely punctured ; elytra strongly and closely punctate-striate, the interstices at the sides transversely rugose. Length 3 millim. Head strongly and closely punctured, the interstices minutely granulate, the lateral margins of tlxe epistome carinate, the anterior margin nearly straight; antenna? nearly black, the basal joint obscure fulvous below, the terminal five joints thickened, the last more elongate and pointed ; thorax about one-half broader than long, the sides strongly rounded and widened at the middle, the surface crowded with elongate punctures and clothed with fine white pubescence ; scutellum transverse, subquadrate ; elytra distinctly broader at the base than the thorax, very obsoletely depressed below tlxe former, with regular and closely placed rows of strong punctures, which are finer but distinct towards the apex, the interstices at the sides transversely rugose (when viewed sideways) and covered with fine pubescence like tlxe thorax ; legs black with aeneous gloss; prosternum strongly punctured, femora unarmed. Hab. Grahamstown (Ledoux). This little Pausiris may be known from its allies by the sharply rounded sides of the thorax and its strong and close punctuation, by the regular and closely punctate-striate elytra |