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dehiseens, vage punctulatus, linea tenuissima longitudinali a medio 

 apice ducta, fere obliterata, notatus, supra basim vage bi-foveolatus ; 

 elytra basi prothorace angustiora, a basi ultra medium ampliata, ubi 

 prothorace duplo latiora, delude versus apicem raodice attenuata, 

 supra convexa, postice sub-abrupte dehiscentia, a basi medio crebre 

 punctulata, delude tenuiter granulosa longeque sed baud dense 

 pubescentia ; margine lateral! acuta, ad apicem modice deplanata ; 

 pedes sub-elongati, dense ferrugineo tornentosi. Long. 22 mm. ; 

 lat. 13 mm. 



$ . Abdona. segm. 2 macula orbicular! fulva. 



Hob. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). T. Ayres. 



PsAMMODES PLAUSIBILIS. 



Brunneus, sub-nitidus ; capite sat crebre profundeque punctatum ; 

 protborax longitudine tertio latior, ad medium rotundato-ampliatus, 

 postice antice magis attenuatus, basi apice nonnihil angustior, angulis 

 anticis valde acuminatis prominulisque, acute marginatus, supra 

 convexus, crebre punctatus, ad latera punctis evidentioribus ; elytra 

 oblongo ovalia, crebre punctulata, interstitiis antice levibus, postice 

 rugosulis, pilisque decumbentibus griseis, basi excepta, dense vestita, 

 margine lateral! acuta, recurva, versus apicem parum deplanata ; 

 pedes sub-elongati, valid!, dense fulvo pubescentes. Long. 

 25-25| mm ; lat. 13-14 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. 2 et 3 macula rotundata fulva, posteriore 

 minuta. 



Somewhat shaped like P. pubcsccns, Sol., but the elytra are more 

 oblongo-ovate, and the sculpture is different. 



Hab. Orange Free State (Kronstad). Dr. Simon. 



PSAMMODES TKOFANUS. 



Nigro-piceus, nitidus, glaber ; caput fere leve ; prothorax longi- 

 tudine tertio latior, ad medium rotundato-ampliatus, postice antice 

 magis attenuatus, basi apice nonnihil angustior, angulis anticis 

 prominulis, posticis rotundatis, supra convexus, vage punctulatus, 

 margine lateral! sub-crenulata, lateribus anguste modiceque rugosis, 

 linea longitudinali tenuissima a basi medium attingente ; elytra 

 sub-oblongo ovalia, antice minus ampliata, supra convexa, apice 

 dehiscentia, glabra, costulis plurimis evanescentibus sub-undulatisque 

 in singulo instructis, antice fere baud punctulata, longe pone 

 medium granulis minutissimis sat crebris obsita ; pedes validi, sub- 



