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in the two preceding species, that is to say, it is ampliated laterally, 

 angular in the median part with the posterior part slightly more 

 narrowed than the anterior, the punctures cover a broader space 

 along the sides and the base, thus restricting the smooth area, and 

 the anterior part is nearly as widely punctured as the base, and 

 these punctures are deeper and wider than in P. emeritus or 

 P. crenato-striatus ; the elytra are oblong, but somewhat acuminate 

 from the third posterior part, the sutural angle being only moderately 

 sharp ; they are closely and deeply striato-punctate, the intervals are 

 sharply tectiform, and the eighth interval as well as the marginal 

 one are very closely and somewhat roughly punctate, the third 

 interval has one anterior and one median puncture ; the basal joint 

 only of the anterior tarsi of the male is sulcate laterally ; the episterna 

 and the sides of the metasternum are deeply punctate ; both sexes 

 are alike. 



Length 11 mm. ; width 4J mm. 



Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



PLATYNUS (ANCHOMENUS) OBSEQUIOSUS, n. sp. 



Palpi, labrum and legs, extreme edge of prothorax and of elytra 

 navescent ; antennae with the basal and the five ultimate joints 

 navescent, the intermediate ones fuscous ; head impunctate ; pro- 

 thorax ampliate laterally in the middle with the posterior part 

 slightly narrower than the anterior, and the median part hardly 

 .angular, the anterior, posterior and lateral parts are broadly covered 

 with very closely set aciculate punctures, the median part of the 



disk is impunctate; the elytra are very shining and have a faint 

 metallic tinge ; they are oblong, not sub-acuminate in the posterior 

 part, hardly broader across the humeral angles than the prothorax 

 at its widest part, and with the shoulders not much sloping, strongly 

 sinuate behind and with the sutural angle distinct, but not sharp, 



deeply punctulato-striate, with the intervals moderately convex, but 

 sub-tectiform in the anterior part, and the third interval bears three 

 punctures, an anterior one impinging on the third stria, a median, 

 and a posterior one situated at about two-thirds of the length. 



My example is a female. It is not unlike P. crenato-striatus, but 

 the intervals of the elytra are not so costate, and as the shoulders 

 are not so sloping, the prothorax looks broader, and the third interval 

 bears three punctures instead of two. 



Length 9f mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



