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A 2 . Eyes narrowly separated on the vertex. 



refertus ; pudenn ; m>ectaiidus ; amueint*. 



A 1 . Eyes almost contiguous on the vertex. 

 Inxcitx ; 



HOPLONYX INSIGNIS, 11. Sp. 



Black, moderately shining on the upper side ; head, prothorax, 

 and elytra clothed with fine, erect, sub-fulvous hairs not very closely 

 set, legs villose ; antennae and palpi ferruginous ; eyes divided by a 

 broad space, which is roughly punctured like the anterior part of the 

 head ; prothorax one-fourth wider than long, plainly attenuated 

 laterally in front, rounded before the median part, slightly sinuate 

 above the sharp basal angle, moderately convex, but having in 

 the centre a faint longitudinal impression, carinate laterally, and 

 covered with not closely set, small, round, setigerous punctures ; 

 elytra broader than the prothorax, sub-parallel, strongly costate, the 

 costae tectiforrn and punctate, the strise deep and filled with rough 

 contiguous scabrose punctures, which impinge completely on the 

 costse in the posterior part ; under side briefly pubescent. 



Larger and more massive than H. afcr, Fahr., and a distinct 

 species. 



Length 20 mm. ; width 9 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland. A. W. Eriksson. 



HOPLONYX GEANULIPENNIS, n. sp. 



Black, opaque, glabrous; antennae and palpi piceous; head very 

 deeply and somewhat roughly punctate, ocular crest very strong, 

 space between the eyes very broad, almost equal to the width of the 

 eyes ; prothorax plainly rounded and ampliated laterally at about 

 the median part, but slightly less attenuated towards the base than 

 towards the apex, carinate, one-fourth wider than long, somewhat 

 convex at about the median part of the disk, but sloping forward, 

 and covered with elongated contiguous punctures, the raised walls 

 of which form an irregular plication ; scutellum triangular ; elytra 

 sub-parallel, but slightly ampliated at about three-fourths of the 

 length, costate, the costas tectiform and having each a series of 

 granules, the narrow and shallow intervals are provided with a 

 similar row of granules, instead of punctures ; the legs are very 

 deeply and closely punctate, and very briefly pubescent. 



A very distinct species. 



Length 15 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Calvinia District). E. G. Alston. 



