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ampliatus, ubi angulatus, deinde ad basim sinuatus, basi apice haud 

 latior, angulis rectis, posticis evidentioribus, totus marginatus, supra 

 antice nonnihil convexus, punctis sat profundis, confertis, obsitus ; 

 elytra oblonga, versus apicem sub-acuminata, basi prothorace 

 nonnihil latiora et triple longiora, ? pone medium perparum 

 ampliata, striato punctata, striis geminatis, punctis haud profundis, 

 interstitiis punctis nonnullis prope suturam densioribus adspersis ; 

 subtus pedesque glabri, crebre punctati. Long. 11-13 mm. ; 

 lat. 4-5 mm. 



Easily distinguished by the geminate striae of the elytra ; the 

 process of the mandibles is longer than in D. castaneo-rufus, Fairm., 

 and D. xanthopus, Fairm., more forcipate, of nearly equal width 

 from base to apex, and excavated inwardly from the median part to 

 the curved tip. 



Hab. Cape Colony (O'Kiep, Spectakel, Namaqualand), L. Perin- 

 guey ; Damaraland (Walfish Bay), C. Nightingale. 



DEEOSTEOPHUS DAMABINUS. 



Eufo-brunneus, nitidus ; caput crebre punctatum, $ mandibulis 

 cornu crasso, recurvo, basi lato, apice acuminate, capite tertio 

 breviore utrinque armatis ; antennae medium corporis vix attingentes ; 

 prothorax fere orbicularis, lateribus ad basim leviter sinuatis, angulis 

 anticis posticisque prominulis, totus marginatus, crebre punctulatus ; 

 elytra elongata, oblonga, basi prothorace nonnihil latiora et triple 

 longiora, pone medium perparum ampliata, convexa, distincte sfcriato 

 punctata, interstitiis alternis convexiusculis ; subtus punctatus, 

 nitidus, abdominis segmentibus maris in medio brevissime pubescen- 

 tibus ; pedes punctulati. Long. 12 mm. ; lat. \ mm. 



Closely allied to D. castaneo-rufus, Fairm., but the process of the 

 mandibles is not incised inwardly at base, nor is it quite so hooked 

 inwardly at tip ; the antennae are much shorter, and the three 

 penultimate joints are thicker and shorter ; the prothorax is more 

 convex. 



Hab. Damaraland. T. T. Christie. 



DEEOSTEOPHUS CONSOBBINUS. 



Praecedenti valde affinis, sed minor, differt mandibulis in mare 

 basi angustioribus, prothoracis lateribus pone medium ad basim 

 magis obliquis elytrorumque interstitiis haud convexiusculis. Long. 

 8-J 9 mm. ; lat. 3 mm. 



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



