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longae ; prothorax globosus, longitucline latitudine adaequans, totus 

 acute marginatus, tuberculis minirnis sat crebre obsitus ; scutellum 

 acutum, parvum ; elytra antice latitudine baseos prothoracis, ovato 

 ampliata, apice acuminata, medio prothorace tertio latiora, convexa, 

 apice dehiscentia, margins lateral! acuta postice baud deplanata, 

 praater suturam elevatam, tuberculis validis acutis series quatuor 

 forrnantibus utrimque praedita, spatio supra marginal! antice punctate 

 seriato, a medio postice indistincte tuberculato ; corpus subtus 

 punctulatum. Long. 10 mm. ; lat. 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town), Albany Museum. 



GEN. ACANTHOMEEA, Latr. 



ACANTHOMEBA NAMAQUA. 



Nigra, fere opaca, pilis erectis flavescentibus vestita ; palpis 

 antennisque apice sub-ferrugineis, longe pubescentibus, articulis 

 quatuor ultimis f ere glabris; caput valde rugosum, longe pilosum ; 

 prothorax longitudine nonnihil latior, regulariter rotundato ampli- 

 atus, apice emarginatus, angulis anticis haud prominulis, basi 

 nonnihil latior, supra in disco deplanatus, verrucis nitidis dense 

 obsitus, interstitiis longe flavo pilosis; scutellum parvum, haud 

 acuniinatum ; elytra prothorace contigua, antice prothoracis basi 

 vix latiora, oblongo-ovalia, in ? pone medium leviter ampliata, ibi 

 prothorace quarto latiora, versus apicem modice attenuata, margine 

 lateral! acuta, ad apicem haud deplanata, tenuiter reflexa, supra 

 paruni convexa, anguste striata, striis granulatis, interstitiis verrucis 

 in disco bi-fariam seriatis, seriebusque pilis longis erectis ; epipleura 

 profunde punctata ; pedes subtusque sat longe pilosi, abdomine sat 

 crebre punctato. Long. 15-18 mm. ; lat. 8-9 mm. 



Allied to A. gratilla, Herbst, but the erect pubescence is much 

 longer, and the intervals on the central part of the elytra have two 

 distinct series of warts instead of one ; the warts are smaller and 

 more closely set on the disk and on the sides. 



Hab. Cape Colony (O'Kiep). L. Peringuey. 



ACANTHOMERA ASPERIPENNIS. 



Nigra, opaca, glabra ; caput antice rude punctatum, vertice granu- 

 latum ; antennas longae, graciles, glabras ; prothorax longitudine 

 nonnihil latior, apice paullum attenuatus, basi sinuatus, apice 

 perparum latior, angulis posticis vectis, anticis haud prominulis, 



