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Show 1 9 0 5 .] SOUTH-AFRICAN COLEOPTERA. 2 7 5 Var., capite, antennis,palpis, elytris usque ad fasciamposteriorem, corpore subtus cum pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. Hah. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony (Brauns). Antennae as in T. pectoralis, but less robust, the two basal joints stout, the intermediate joints longer than wide, the three apical forming a lax club. The thorax is notably shorter than in T. pectoralis and of a different form, being much more narrowed towards the base; its disk is also roughly punctured and uneven, finely pubescent with long hairs, but neither it nor the elytra are so thickly pubescent as in T. pectoralis. The elytra are black, or, as in the variety, red to the second fascia. The fasciae are raised and ivory-white, not clothed with silky-white hairs (as they are in T. pectoralis), but clear shining white; the anterior one is shortened, so as to leave a space at the suture equal to its own length, nor does it reach the margin. There are two examples of the type form and two of the variety. N otostenus Spinola. Notostenus Schenk. I.e. p. 114. N otostenus v ir id is Thun. N o v . Ins. vol. i. p. 9 (1784). Hab. Algoa Bay (Brauns). M e l y r i d ^:. A nthocomus Erichs. A ntiiocomus c o r ia c eu s , sp. n. Breviter oblongus, niger, obscure subviridescens, longe pubescens; capite prothoraceque nitidis, hoc prof unde parce punctatus; elytris coriaceis; antennis (apice exceptis), tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis. Long. 4 millim. Hab. Bothaville, Orange R. Colony (Brauns). Black, densely clothed with long black pubescence. Head and thorax shining, the former very closely and finely, the latter ^ery sparsely punctured. Clothed all over with long fine hairs. The mouth, palpi, antenna? (excepting the extreme tip), the tibiae, and tarsi are ferruginous red. The elytra are little shining, coriaceous, tubercles obscurely in rows and but little elevated, being rather uniform all over their surface. There is a slight greenish, but hardly perceptible, tint over the whole upper surface ; the body beneath is quite black. As there are only two specimens, and I cannot distinguish the sexes, it is impossible to pay if this is a true Anthocomus. "The lamella? of the tarsi are about as long as the claws. H e d y b iu s Ericlison. H e d yb iu s scu lpticeps, sp. n. Nigro-subcaeruleus ; capite (basi excepta), antennis (articulis extus et apicern versus nigro notatis), prothoracis margine, pedibus |
