South African Coleopterous Fauna. 283 



PSAMMODES MENDAX. 



Niger, sub-nitidus supra crebre punctatus, punctis squamis griseis 

 repletis ; caput crebre punctatum, inter antennas transversim 

 impressum ; prothorax ad medium rotundato ampliatus, basi apice 

 hand angustior, angulis anticis prominulis, posticis rectis, supra 

 convexus, crebre profundeque punctatus, ad latera fere scrobiculatus, 

 intra basim bi-impressus et in disco minute bi-foveolatus ; elytra 

 oblongo - ovalia, basi prothorace nonnihil latiora, supra convexa, 

 costis denudatis tribus, distincte elevatis, iiiteriore breviore in singulo 

 prsedita, interstitiis dense griseo squamosis, margine laterali 

 acuta, reflexa ; pedes breves, sub-graciles ; processus prosternalis 

 apice baud dilatatus neque emarginatus. Long. 20 mm. ; lat. 

 9i mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Albert). Dr. K. D. Kannemeyer. 



Eesembles the preceding species but is at once distinguished by 

 the shape of the prosternal process which is neither dilated nor 

 deeply emarginate at apex ; the prothorax is also more regularly 

 ampliate towards the middle and not so much attenuate towards the 

 base, and there is only a faint trace of the two discoidal foveae ; the 

 elytra have the same sculpture, but they are a little less attenuate 

 at base. 



PSAMMODES PEBFIDUS. 



Niger, sub-nitidus, supra crebre punctatus, punctis griseo- 

 squamosis ; caput ut in P. mcndax ; prothorax ante medium 

 aliquantulum ampliatus, supra modice convexus, crebre punctatus, 

 in disco vage bi-foveolatus, intra basim bi-impressus ; elytra oblongo- 

 ovalia, prothorace in medio fere duplo latiora, sutura costisque 

 denudatis tribus in singulo praedita, interstitiis dense griseo 

 squamosis, margine laterali acuta, modice reflexa ; pedes pro- 

 cessusque prosternalis ut in P. mcndax. Long. 18 mm. ; lat. 

 9 mm. 



This species is very closely allied to the preceding one, but differs 

 in the shape and sculpture of the prothorax which is a little narrower 

 and very little ampliated laterally in the anterior part ; the punctures 

 on the discoidal part are broader and deeper. 



Hab. Zambesia (Salisbury). G. A. K. Marshall. 



PSAMMODES PROBUS. 

 Niger, sub-nitidus, elytris postice vage seneo-rufescentibus ; caput 



