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sparse punctulatus, punctis setam longissiman ferentibus, margin 

 lateral! sub-serrata, lateribus anguste granulosis ; elytra rotundata, a 

 basi ampliata, convexa, postice declivia, granis validis, longe setiferis 

 crebre regulariterque obsita ; pedes validi, femoribus crassis, fulvo 

 tomentosis ; epipleura granulata. Long. 23 mm. ; lat. 15 mm. 



J^ . Abdom. segm. 2 ferrugineo maculate. 



Similar in shape to P. karrooensis, but at once differentiated by the 

 absence of costae on the elytra and by the even distribution of the 

 granules which bear, however, as long a seta as in P. karrooensis. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Clanwilliam). 



PSAMMODES ROTUNDirENNIS. 



Niger, nitidus ; caput antice parce punctulatum, vertice leve ; 

 prothorax ut in speciebus praecedentibus, sparse punctulatus, sed 

 glaber ; elytra rotundata, convexa, postice declivia, vittis quatuor 

 depressis rufescentibus utrinque praedita, antice punctulata, postice 

 minute granulata et brevissime setigera ; sutura sub-elevata, margine 

 lateral! acuta, postice nonnihil deplanata ; pedes validi, modice 

 elongati, ochraceo-pubescentes. Long. 22 mm. ; lat. 14 mm. 



$ . Abdom. segm. 2 et 3 macula orbiculari fulva, anteriore 

 latiora. 



Not unlike P. differ, Fahr., but the elytra are more globose, the 

 depressed rufescent bands are deeper, broader and better defined 

 along the posterior declivity. It is also closely allied to P. nitens, 

 Fahr. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town). 



PSAMMODES MEEACUS. 



Niger, sub-opacus, antennis fulvo pubescentibus ; caput baud 

 punctulatum : prothorax longitudine quarto latior, regulariter rotun- 

 dato ampliatus, basi vix sinuatus, angulis anticis acuminatis, posticis 

 rectis, parum convexus, antice dehiscens, pone medium obsolete bi- 

 foveolatus, apice lateraliterque tenuiter marginatus ; elytra a basi 

 ampliata, ad medium prothorace duplo latiora, versus apicem 

 attenuata, supra valde convexa, postice declivia, antice rugosula, 

 postice crebre minuteque granulosa, pilis flavescentibus sub-erectis 

 longis, basi excepta dense vestita, margine laterali acuta, pone 

 medium versus apicem modice recurva ; pedes validi, breves, dense 

 fulvo pilosi ; processus prosternalis triangulus angulis apice 

 distincte productis. Long. 30 mm. ; lat. 30 mm. 



