South African Coleopterous Fauna. 289 



deplanata, granulis minutissimis antice sat crebris, post medium 

 evanescentibus, obsita ; pedes breves, sub-validi, rugosi, tibiis parum 

 pubescentibus. Long. 17 mm. ; lat. 9 mm. 



Easily distinguishable by the two shallow foveiB of the prothorax. 



Hab. Transvaal (Eustenburg). Miss Schunke. 



PSAMMODES IMITATOR. 



Niger, nitidus, antennis pedibusque ferrugineis ; caput crebre 

 scrobiculatum ; prothorax ante medium rotundato ampliatus, versus 

 basim paullum attenuatus, longitudine tertio latior, basi apice 

 baud angustior, angulis anticis validis, acutis, posticis sub-rotundatis, 

 totus marginatus, supra convexus, punctatus, punctis postice 

 baud confertis, ad latera scrobiculatus, scrobis granulis minutis 

 repletis ; elytra sub-ovalia, antice prothorace nonnihil, medio tertio 

 latiora, convexa, modice dehiscentia, margine laterali acuta, valde 

 reflexa, ad apicem baud deplanata, punctis minutis antice adspersa ; 

 pedes breves, sub-validi, rugosi, tibiis intermediis posticisque 

 pubescentibus ; processus prosternalis antice emarginatus. Long. 

 16-18 mm. ; lat. 9-10 mm. 



$ . Segm. abdom. tribus basalibus, etiam metathorace interdum, 

 in medio late fulvo pubescentibus. 



Evidently closely allied to P. scrobicollis, Fahr., and might prove 

 to be only very small examples of that species. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Vaal Eiver). L. Peringuey. 



PSAMMODES SPEBABILIS. 



Niger, nitidus, labro, palpis antennisque ferrugineis ; capite 

 antice rude profundeque punctatum, postice strigillatum ; prothorax 

 ut in P. imitatore sed versus basim nonnihil magis attenuatus, supra 

 convexus, totus marginatus, supra-crebe distincteque punctatus, ad 

 latera granulosus ; elytra ovalia, antice prothorace paullum 

 angustiora, medio fere duplo latiora, convexa, postice modice 

 dehiscentia, margine laterali acuta, reflexa, apice nonnihil deplanata, 

 punctis minutissimis brevissime setiferis crebre obsita. Long. 

 18 mm. ; lat. 10 mm. 



$. Segm. abdom. tribus basalibus metathoraceque in medio 

 fulvo tomentosis. 



Differs from P. imitator in the sculpture of the prothorax, which is 

 only punctate in the centre and granulose laterally ; the elytra are 



