282 Annals of the South African Museum. 



stitiisque plagarum denudatis ; pedes breves. Long. 17-20 mm.; 

 lat. 8-9 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. tribus basalibus in medio late fulvo tomentosis. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage). Eev. J. A. 

 O'Neil. 



PSAMMODES GARIESUS. 



Niger, opacus, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis ; caput antice 

 scrobiculatum, postice rude strigillatum ; prothorax ad medium 

 rotundato ampliatus, longitudine tertio latior, basi sinuatus, apice 

 nonnihil angustior, angulis posticis fere rectis, anticis sub-prominulis, 

 supra sub-depressus, strigillatus, intra basim profunde bi-impressus ; 

 elytra oblongo-ovalia, antice prothoracis basi fere dimidio latior, ad 

 medium parum ampliata, convexa, granulatione minuta, sat densa, 

 obsita, granulis apice fere evanescentibus, margins acuta, a medio 

 apice sub-reflexa ; pedes breves, rugosuli. Long. 23 mm. ; lat. 

 11^ mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. tribus basalibus late fulvo tomentosis. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Garies, Namaqualand). G. Alston. 



Easily distinguished owing to the lustreless black of the upper 

 part which is as dull as in P. vcrecimdiis. In general appearance 

 it is not unlike P. grand-is, Sol., but it is narrower, the prothorax is 

 much more depressed, and the sculpture is different. 



PSAMMODES PR^STANS. 



Niger, vel nigro-piceus, sub-nitidus ; caput antice leviter scrobicu- 

 latum, vertice punctatum ; prothorax ante medium rotundato 

 ampliatus, pone medium versus basim angustatus, basi apice 

 nonnihil angustior, angulis anticis acutis, prominentibus, supra 

 convexus, crebre profundeque punctatus, ad latera scrobiculatus, 

 punctis scrobisque omnibus cinereo squamosis, disco leviter bi- 

 foveolatus, intra basim profunde bi-impressus ; elytra oblongo-ovalia, 

 antice latitudine prothoracis, medio prothorace tertio latiora, convexa, 

 sutura elevata costisque tribus sub-carinatis, interiore breviore 

 utroque prsedita, interstitiis minutissime creberrimeque granulatis, 

 costis punctulatis, margins laterali acuta, sub-reflexa ; pedes breves, 

 rugosi ; processus prosternalis apice dilatatus, profunde emarginatus. 

 Long. 21-26 mm. ; lat. 10-13 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. secundo macula fulvo tomentosa. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage). Eev. J. A. 

 O'Neil. 



