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deplanata, postice abrupte decliva, antice in medio levigata, parti.- 

 postica lateribusque longitudinaliter tuberculatisj tuberculis creberri- 

 mis, seriatis ; pedes elongati sub- valid!, dense fulvo pilosi. Long. 

 25-26 mm. ; lat. 14-15 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. tribus primis fulvo tomentosis. 



A very distinct species, which I have much pleasure in calling 

 after Herr Clemens Mtiller, who has very kindly compared my 

 examples of the South African MoluridcB with Haag Rutenberg's 

 types, now in his possession. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Pella, Bushmanland). G. Alston. 



PSAMMODES RUSTICUS. 



Obscure brunneus, sub-nitidus, indumento pollinosi albido tectiis ; 

 caput sub-leve ; prothorax longitudine quarto latior, regulariter rotun- 

 dato ampliatus, basi apice hand angustior, aculis anticis acutis, pro- 

 minulis, posticis rotundatis, supra convexus, disco vage punctulatus, 

 lateribus anguste scrobiculatis ; elytra sub-rotundato ovalia, a basi 

 ampliata, versus apicem parurn attenuata, supra convexa, postice 

 sub-declivia, dense creberrimeque granulata, lateribus declivitaque 

 dense longeque pilosis, margine lateral! acuta, versus apicem parum 

 deplanata, pedes modice elongati, dense pubescentes ; processus 

 prosternalis, fere rectus, apice emarginatus, augulis prominulis, 

 obtuse rotundatis. Long. 19-22i mm. ; lat. 12-14 mm. 



<3 . Abdom. segm. tribus primis in medio fulvo tomentosis. 



Somewhat similar in shape to P. nit ens ; but the prothorax is not 

 so much ampliated in the middle, and the elytra are not so rotund 

 laterally owing to their being a little more ampliated near the base ; 

 it is also not unlike P. hottentotus, but the elytra are not so rotund, 

 the granulation is very much finer, and the hairs on the side and 

 on the posterior parts are much shorter, more closely set, and nearly 

 decumbent ; it is also differentiated by the shape and number of the 

 ventral pubescent patches in the $ . 



Hab. Cape Colony (Worcester). J. Lycett. 



PSAMMODES APPKOXIMANS. 



Rufo brunneus, nitidus, antennis tarsisque brunneo-ferrugineis ; 

 antennae modice graciles ; caput apice profunde postice vage punc- 

 tulatum ; prothorax longitudine tertio latior, regulariter rotundato 

 ampliatus sed basi apice angustior, angulis anticis modice pro- 

 minulis, posticis sub-angulatis, supra modice convexus, antice 



