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VII. Fifth Contribution to the South African Coleopterous 

 Fauna. By L. PERINGUEY, Assistant Director." 



DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA, CHIEFLY IN THE 

 COLLECTION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. (Plates VI., VII.) 



FAMILY SCYDMJENIDJE. 



ONEILA, nov. gen. 



Scydmaeno vakle affinis, praecipue differt articulis 7 et 8 in marc 

 praesertim valde ampliatis, nonnunquam deformibus ; caput quad- 

 ratum, in collum distinctum productum ; palporum maxillarum 

 articulus penultimus longus, fusiformis, apice truncatus, ultimus 

 distincte subulatus ; prothorax sub-elongatus, postice attenuatus ; 

 elytra ovalia ; pedes longi, graciles, fernoribus valde clavatis. 



ONEILA HETEROCERA, 

 Plate VIE, fig. 15?, 16^. 



Caput piceum, nitidum, longe pilosum ; antennas articulis sex 

 primis rufescentibus, reliquis dilutioribus, duobus basilibus in mare 

 sat validis, aequalibus, 3-6 monilibus, confertis, praecedentibus 

 nonnihil angustioribus et dimidio brevioribus, 7 quadrate, introrsum 

 producto, profunde excavate, 8 maximo, praecedenti duplo longiore 

 et latiore, parte interna profunde lateque excavata, marginibus cavuu 1 

 in processu auriculato productis, 9-10 tranverse quadratis, hoc ill<> 

 nonnihil longiore, ultimo penultimis duobus vix longiore, basi trun- 

 cate, elongato-ovato, apice acuminate ; prothorax latitudine fere 

 duplo longior, convexus, ad basim lateraliter attenuatus, supra 

 convexus, intra basim bi-foveolatus, piceus, nitidus, setis rigid is 



* The first four Contributions are published in the Transactions of the South 

 African Philosophical Society, 1885-1892. 



