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nigrum ; caput crebre rudeque punctatum, inter antennas sub-arcuatim 

 impressum ; prothorax fere parallelus, antice pavum emarginatus 

 angulis anticis modice acutis, prominulis, basi hand sinuatus, mar- 

 gine lateral! acute marginata, supra sub-deplanatus, sat crebre 

 punctatus, lateribus rugose punctatis, utroque fovea elongata supra 

 marginal!, basim attingente, pube albescente repleta; scutellum sub- 

 leve ; elytra antice latitudine baseos prothoracis, pone humeros 

 paullum ampliata, pone medium prothorace tertio latiora, supra 

 parum convexa, apice longe dehiscentia, parte apicali deplanata, 

 longe producta, sub-quadrata, dorso prseter suturam, striis ter vel 

 quatuor profunde punctatis, magis distinctis, caeteris cum rugis 

 interstitiorum admixtis, lateribus sub-verrucosis, margins lateral! 

 acuta ; subtus breviter pubescens, lateribus pectoris fascia lateral! 

 albido tomentosa ; pedes long!, breviter pubescentes, tarsis subtus 

 longe flavo pilosis. Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



This species might be taken at first sight for a Byzacnua. 



Hah. Transvaal (? Lydenburg) . The type is in the Pretoria State 

 Museum. 



VUTSIMUS LITIGIOSUS. 



Obscure seneus, anntennis, pedibus elytrisque brunneo-rufes- 

 centibus, sub-nitidis ; caput crebre punctatum, linea profunda leviter 

 arcuata, latera baud attingente, antice impressum ; prothorax longi- 

 tudine tertio latior, a medio ad apicem attenuatus, pone medium 

 nonnihil rotundato ampliatus, ad basim leviter emarginatus, supra 

 parum convexus, crebre punctatus, totus rnarginatus, angulis anticis 

 posticisque acutis, illis prominulis ; scutellum punctulatum ; elytra 

 antice latitudine baseos prothoracis, pone humeros paullum am- 

 pliata, medio prothorace nonnihil latiora, versus apicem modice 

 aculeata, supra ad medium convexa, pone medium longe deflexa 

 deplanataque, margine lateral! acuta, postice reflexa, striis late 

 profundeque punctatis praedita, interstitiis punctulatis, ad latera 

 rugosis ; epipleura laxe punctulato rugosa ; subtus strigillatus ; pedes 

 elongati, crebre punctati, laxe pubescentes, tarsi longe denseque 

 fulvo ciliati. Long. 12 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (?Transkeian Districts). 



VUTSIMUS NATALENSIS. 



^Eneus, elytris micantibus, antennis pedibusque rufescentibus ; 

 caput prothoraxque ut in V. litigioso : elytris antice latitudine baseos 

 prothoracis, ad medium ampliatis, prothorace tertio latiora, versus 



