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elongati, dense fulvo pubescentes ; processus prosternalis apice 

 utrinque spinosus. Long. 24 mm.; lat. 13 mm. 



Closely allied to the preceding species ; the general appearance is 

 very similar, but the outer margin of the prothorax is more serrate, 

 the elytra are glabrous, and the prosternal process is very distinctly 

 spinose on each side of the apex instead of being nearly rounded. 



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



PSAMMODES INTERMEDIUS. 



Obscure brunneus ; caput antice profunde, postice minus puncta- 

 tum ; prothorax longitudine quarto latior, regulariter rotundato-ampli- 

 atus, basi apics aaquali, angulis anticisacutis, valde prominulis, supra 

 convexus, crebre sed baud profunde punctatus, punctis ad latera 

 distinctioribus, margine laterali evidenter crenulata ; elytra oblongo 

 ovalia, medio prothorace duplo latiora, convexa, apice dehiscentia, 

 costis tribus modice distinctis utrinque praedita, granulis minutissimis 

 creberrimisque obsita, pube grisea breve, antice obliterata, dense 

 tecta, sutura elevata, margine literali acuta, reflexa, postice modice 

 deplanata ; pedes minus elongati, rugosuli parce pubescentes ; pro- 

 csssus pro-sternalis ut in P. plausibili. Long. 25 mm. ; lat. 14 mm. 



Closely allied to both the preceding species ; from P. prof anus it 

 is easily distinguished by the shape of the pro-sternal process, which 

 is rounded at tip instead of being spinose on each side at apex ; 

 while the elytra are not costulate in P. plan^ibilis, nor are they 

 granulose. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). L. PiVinguey. 



PSAMMODES PR.ELIATOR. 



Nigro piceus, nitidus, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis, caput sat 

 crebre leviter punctulatum ; prothorax ad medium distincte rotun- 

 dato ampliatus, longitudine tertio latior, angulis anticis acutis, pro- 

 minulis, posticis rotundatis, basi apice baud latior, supra convexus, 

 dorso laxe punctatus, punctis ad latera evidentioribus, intra basim 

 in medio bi-impressus ; elytra elongata, antice latitudine baseos 

 prothoracis, longe pone humeros gradatim ampliata, medio pro- 

 thorace duplo latiora, versus apicem paullum attenuata, supra 

 convexa, postice dehiscentia, a basi ultra medium sub-crebre sed vage 

 punctulata, postice minute granulata, granis breviter setiferis, in dorso 

 vagissime striata, margins laterali acuta, apice modice deplanata ; 



