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fusco-villosus, sanguineus, abdomine nigro ; pedes nigri, punctulati, 

 griseo-villosi. Long. 14 mm. ; lat. 4 mm. 

 Hab. Zambesia (Buluwayo). F. C. Selous. 



PHILOCALUS EMERITUS. 



Caput nigrum, longe fusco-villosum, confertim rugoso-punctatum, 

 fere scrobiculatum ; antennae nigrae, pubescentes ; prothorax antice 

 capite non angustior, ad quartam partem contractus, turn rotundatus 

 atque intra basim conspicue coarctatus, supra convexus, parte antica 

 longitudinaliter strigosa, disco distincte scrobiculato, longe villosus, 

 obscure sanguineus, margine apicali late fusco-nigra ; elytra fere 

 cylindrica, pone medium perparum ampliata, apice rotundata, a basi 

 ultra medium sat confertim foveolata, postice foveis elongatis apice 

 evanescentibus, a basi ad quartam partem obscure sanguinea, deinde 

 nigra, macula parva lateral! intra basim et medium posita, fascia 

 transversal! suturae approximata, post medium sita, flavis, fasciaque 

 apicali e pilis albidis formata ornata ; corpus subtus griseo-villosum , 

 pectore obscure rufo ; abdomine brunneo-fusco ; pedes nigri, griseo- 

 villosi. Long. 12 mm. ; lat. 3f mm. 



Probably allied to P. formosus, Boh. 



Hab. Transvaal (Leydenburg). T. Ayres. 



The sculpture of the prothorax is quite similar to that of some 

 hymenopterous insects of the genus Mutilla. 



FAMILY PTINID^E. 



GEN. PTINUS, Linn. 

 PTINUS LEPIDUS. 



Fusco-brunneus, antennis pedibusque brunneo-ferrugineis ; caput 

 dense hirsutum ; antennae corpore dimidio longioribus, articulo 

 tsrtio primo vix breviore, caateris, etiam articulo ultimo, longitudine 

 adsequantibus, sat graciles, articulo ultimo baud incrassato, apice vix 

 acuminate, breviter setulosae, articulis tribus basalibus sparse albido- 

 squamosis ; prothorax sub-cylindricus, intra basim coarctatus, sat 

 fortiter punctatus, pilis longis nigris, erectis, fasciculatis, in cristis 

 duabus utrinque dispositis squamisque nonnullis albidis intra basim 

 sparsis, dense obtectus ; scutellum albo-squamosum ; elytra basi 

 angulis rectis, parallela, apice conjunctim rotundata, convexa, pro- 

 thorace duplo latiora et quadruple longiora, profunde punctato- 

 striata, interstitiis angustis, alter nis longe denseque nigro-pilosis, 

 basi rufo-brunnea, late zonata, deinde apice obscure brunnea, fasciis 

 tranversis duabus e squamis albidis formata, prima basali, lata, altera 



