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antice nonnihil deflexus ; intra basim in medio late impressus, crebre 

 punctulatus ; scutellum elongatum, apice rotundatum ; elytra pro- 

 thorace basi fere quarto latiora, oblonga, apice conjunctim rotundata, 

 convexa, fere sub-cylindrica, acute carinata, interstitiis profunde 

 seriato-punctatis ; pedes sat longi, levissime punctulati, femoribus 

 anticis dente validissima triangula armatis, tibiis ejusdem paris 

 basi valde emarginatis. Long. 4-| mm. ; lat. It mm. 



Very much smaller than A. segnis, Per. (loc. cit., p. 178) ; the 

 prothorax is differently sculptured, the elytra, however, have similar 

 costas and punctured intervals. 



Hob. Natal (Malvern). C. N. Barker. 



GEN. ASTHENOCHIEUS, Pairm. 



ASTHENOCHIEUS FOVEOLATUS. 



Niger, sub-opacus, elytris nitidioribus, antennis rufescentibus ; 

 caput perparum scrobiculatum, breviter griseo pubescens, devexum, 

 antice baud transversim impressum ; prothorax brevis, longitudine 

 quarto latior, antice nonnihil attenuatus, apice sinuatus, angulis 

 anticis .prominulis, basi, apice quarto latior, angulis posticis acutis, 

 supra parum convexus, crebervime punctatus interstitiis levibus, 

 intra marginem basalem laxe pubescens, pube ad laterum densiore ; 

 scutellum parvum, punctatum ; elytra basi prothorace quarto latiora, 

 humeris prominentibus, ab humeros longe pone medium sub-parallela, 

 a tertia parte postica attenuata, supra pone basim gibbosa, a tertia 

 parte antica pone medium dehiscentia, deinde apice magis declivia, 

 rnargine laterali actua apice haud deplanata, distincte fossulato 

 seriata, serie juxta suturali sat late punctata ; pedes elongati, 

 rugosuli, breviter griseo pubescentes, femoribus anticis robustioribus, 

 infra sub-canaliculatis, spina distincta armatis ; corpus subtus pube 

 sericea flavescente sat dense vestituni, pectore abdomineque punctu- 

 latis, lateribus strigillatis. Long. 10 mm. ; lat. 6 mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Lourengo-Marquez). Mrs. E. Monteiro. 



TEIBE AMAEYGMINI. 

 GHALECA, nov. gen. 



Palpi maxillares validi, articulo ultimo triangulo, securiformi ; 

 labrum latum, breve ; caput in thorace sat profunde insertum ; 



