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costis in singulo tribus postice abbreviates, discoidalibus duabus 

 a basi fere ad medium carinatis, deinde verrucis continuatis, costa 

 marginali tota verrucosa, cum intermedia connexa, prsedita, inter- 

 stitiis verrucis nonnullis minoribus, glabris, sub-seriatis, obsitis ; 

 pectus profunde atque sat crebre punctatum, abdomen nitidum, laxe 

 punctulatum, glabrum ; pedes rugosuli longe piloso-setosi. Long. 

 15-18 mm. ; lat. 7-8 mm. 



Belongs to the same group as 37. earinata, Herbst, but is very 

 distinct. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Malmesbury). R. M. Lightfoot. 



MACHLA LITA. 



Nigra, nitida, indumento ochraceo dense vestita, capite, prothoracis 

 lateribus costisque elytrorum setosis, setis nonnunquam longissimis; 

 caput in medio impressum, lobis anteocularibus prominulis ; pro- 

 thorax apice profunde circulatim emarginatus, basi leviter bi-sinuatus, 

 lateraliter ad medium late rotundato-ampliatus, deinde ad basim 

 contractus, angulis posticis sat acutis, haud prominulis, laterurn 

 marginibus valde incrassatis, elevatis, reflexis, infra profunde exca- 

 vatis, dorso deplanato, rugis duabus longitudinalibus in medio, antice 

 perparurn obliteratis atque nonnunquam ruga transverse in medio 

 connexis tuberculoque transverse utrinque ad medium posito 

 instructo, parte postica disci late tri-impressa ; elytra antice basi 

 prothoracis haud latiora, in femina post medium magis ampliata, 

 supra depressa, postice declivia, costis tribus tuberculosis in singulo 

 praedita, suturae proxima reliquis breviore, postice callo transverse ad 

 suturam ducto terminata, intermedia lateral! haud breviore atque 

 cum ea basi connexa ; corpus subtus pedesque ut in 37. agresti. 

 Long. 10-12 mm. ; lat. 6-7 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Mossel Bay), W. F. Purcell ; (George). 



MACHLOMORPHA, gen. nov. 



MachlcB verisimilis ; habitus structuraque antennarum, ut in 

 ilia, differt lateribus prothoracis infra pro receptione antennarum 

 haud excavatis, processu prosternali apice rotundato, haud acute 

 producto, rnesosterno haud inciso, tarsisque gracilioribus, unguibus 

 longioribus. 



