286 Annals of the South African Museum. 



PSAMMODES MYRMIDON. 



Niger, sub-nitidus ; caput inter antennas transversim impressum, 

 scrobiculatum ; prothorax latitucline quarto longior, rnodice rotundato 

 ampliatus, basi sub-sinuatus, angulis posticis rotundatis, anticisvalde 

 acutis prominulisque, supra convexus, antice paullo declivus, minute 

 scabrosus, basi lateribusque distincte marginatis, intra basim 

 breviter impressus ; elytra ovalia, medio prothorace duplo latiora, 

 supra convexa, postice modice declivia, granulis minutis crebre 

 adspersa, margine lateral! acuta, reflexa ; pedes breves, validi, 

 scabrosi, femoribus anticis sub-clavatis tibiisque ejusdem paris 

 externe sinuatis ; processus prosternalis dilatatus, triangulus, apice 

 baud emarginatus. Long. 29 mm. ; lat. 16 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. 3 primis late fulvo tomentosis. 



Shape and general facies of P. scrobicollis ; the prothorax is more 

 convex, a little less broad and distinctly declivous in the anterior 

 part, and instead of being covered with deep and broad scrobiculate 

 punctures, it is finely shagreened ; the elytra instead of being nearly 

 smooth, with a few minute granules scattered about, are covered 

 with closely set and larger granules, and the apex of the pro-sternal 

 process is not deeply emarginate in the centre as in P. scrobicollis. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Prieska). 



PSAMMODES SPECULARIS. 



Niger, nitidus, palpis, antennis, tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis ; caput 

 antice rude punctatum, vertice paullum strigillaturn ; prothorax 

 longitudine latitudine tertio latior, lateribus fere pone medium modice 

 rotundato ampliatis, basi apice baud latior, angulis anticis acuminatis, 

 prominulis, posticis sub-rotundatis, convexus, ad basim leviter 

 depressus, totus marginatus, confertim strigillatus ; elytra ovalia, 

 antice prothorace basi nonnihil latiora, versus apicem sub-acuminata, 

 medio prothorace tertio latiora, convexa, postice longe dehiscentia, 

 margine laterali acuta, versus apicem sat reflexa, baud deplanata, 

 punctis crebris, vagis, apice evanescentibus obsita ; pedes rugosuli, 

 breves, parce pubescentes. Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Eikatla). Rev. H. Junod. 



PSAMMODES VERECUNDUS. 

 Niger, opacus, antennis tarsisque ferrugineis ; caput minute 



