South African Coleopterous Fauna. 279 



PSAMMODES PROCURSUS, 



Plate VI., fig. 14. 



Niger vel nigro piceus, sub-nitidus, antennis palpis tarsisque 



errugineis ; caput parce punctulatum ; prothorax longitudine hand 



latior, convexus, obsolete punctulatus, in meclio vage canaliculatus, 



ateribus rotundato ampliatis, serrulatis, angulis anticis longis, acutis, 



posticis brevibus, basi recta ; elytra prothorace triple longiora, 



humeris obliquis, a basi ad medium ampliata, ubi l)asi duplo latiora, 



a medio ad apicem acuminata ; supra convexa, granulis minutis 



antice validioribus dense obsita, margine lateral! acuta, leviter 



reflexa ; ad medium inflexa ; pedes elongati, valid!, valde rugosi, 



ferrugineo tomentosi. 



$ . Segment, abdominis tribus basalibus ferrugineo tomentosis. 

 Long. 24-30 mm. ; lat. 11-13 mm. 



Allied to P. hcydeni, Haag, but much more elongate and more 

 acuminate behind ; the prothorax is smaller, and the elytra less 

 ampliate, longer, less convex in the $ , and covered with very 

 closely set granules which are very minute in the posterior part ; 

 the antennae are very slender, and the tarsi are long, slender, and 

 fringed with long hairs. 



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



PSAMMODES VATICINUS. 



Niger, sub-nitidus, palpis, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis ; caput 

 parce punctulatum ; antennae graciles ; prothorax longitudine parum 

 latior, convexus, lateribus rotundato ampliatis, sub-serrulatis, angulis 

 anticis prominentibus, triangulis, posticis rotundatis, basi recta ; supra 

 crebre sed baud profunde punctulatus ; elytra oblongo ovalia, antice 

 latitudine baseos thoracis, humeris sub-obliquis, medio thorace duplo 

 latiora, a medio ad apicem acuminata, superne convexa, granulis 

 minutissimis antice validioribus obsita, margine laterali acuta, 

 breviter reflexa; pedes elongati, scrobiculati, ferrugineo tomentosi. 



$ . Segment, abdom. duobus basalibus ferrugineo-toraentosis. 

 Long. 18 mm. ; lat. 9 mm. 



Allied to P. steinJielli, Haag -Rut., teste Herr Miiller (this 

 species is unknown to me), and also to P. lieydcm and P.procursit* ; 

 it is distinguished from the second by the more convex elytra which 

 are not so depressed in the anterior part in the $ , and the 

 posterior declivity of which is more elongate ; the granules are also 

 less closely set and the anterior angles of the prothorax are much 



