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prothorax as long as broad, anterior part arcuate, sides slightly 

 rounded laterally, narrower across the base than across the apex 

 and with the margins reflexed, deeply sulcaie longitudinally in the 

 middle and having a diagonal sulcus reaching from the base to about 

 the median part ; elytra oblongo -ovate with the base strongly bi- 

 sinuate and the angles sharp, finely yet deeply striate, striae and 

 intervals impunctate, third stria, however, with a deep puncture in 

 the anterior and another in the posterior parts, depressed on the 

 dorsal part as far as the fifth stria and with the sixth interval 

 slightly raised, especially in the anterior part. 



A distinct species. 



Length 7 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hab. Natal (Durban). C. N. Barker. 



GEN. COPTOPTERA, Chaud. 



COPTOPTEEA INDOTATA, 11. Sp. 



Head and prothorax very pale testaceous, elytra almost straw 

 colour ; head very little narrowed behind the eyes, closely strigillate 

 along them but having a median longitudinal smooth space ; pro- 

 thorax with the sides straight, narrower at the base than across the 

 anterior part, faintly plicate transversely and with the median longi- 

 tudinal sulcus quite plain ; elytra quite parallel, concolorous, 

 narrowly yet deeply stviate, striae filled with small, very closely set 

 punctures, intervals raised and somewhat tectiform ; antennas not 

 very elongated. 



This species is as parallel as C. tenella, Boh., but it is longer, the 

 elytra are more highly costulate, and the strigillate sides of the 

 frontal part distinguish it from all the other South African species. 



Length 6 mm. ; width 1-i- mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Salisbury). G. A. K. Marshall. 



GEN. KLEPSIPHEUS, Pering. 

 KLEPSIPHEUS ANGUSTICOLLIS, n. sp. 



Head and prothorax piceous-brown, very shining, elytra very dark 

 brown with the outer margins and the legs much lighter, antennae, 

 labrum, and palpi rusty red ; head very elongated, shiny and im- 

 punctate ; prothorax very narrow, twice as long as broad, quite 

 parallel, very faintly strigillate transversely, very shiny and with the 

 median, narrow longitudinal sulcus quite plain ; elytra twice as 



