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sensim sinuatus, totus marginatus, sed parte antica laterum magis 

 acuta, basi apice baud latior, angulis posticis rotundatis, convexus, 

 crebre punctatus, punctis lateralibus vix magis distinctis ; elytra 

 antice protborace nonnihil latiora, medio perparum ampliata, 

 protborace tertio latiora, margine laterali acuta, reflexa, apice baud 

 deplanata, supra convexa, postice modice debiscentia, punctis 

 minutissimis, crebris tota obsita ; pedes breves, rugosuli, fere glabri. 

 Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 10 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). T. Ayres. 



PSAMMODES INQUINATUS. 



Niger, indumento terreno supra dense vestitus, confertim pilosus, 

 pilis brevibus, erectis, subtus breviter pubescens ; articulis antennarum 

 duobus ultimis, palpis tarsisque ferrugineis; prothorax longitudine 

 duplo latior, rotundato arnpliatus, ad medium laterum angulatus, 

 basi apice nonnibil latior, angulis anticis sub-prominulis, posticis 

 rotundatis, supra modice convexus, pilis brevibus densis, erectis, 

 indumento fere occultis, vestitus ; elytra basi prothorace nonnihil, 

 medio tertio latiora, versus apicem modice acuminata, dorso antice 

 nonnibil deplanata postice breviter dehiscentia, apice baud deplanata, 

 pilis brevibus erectis indumentum excedentibus confertim seriatis, 

 seriebus approxirnatis, dense vestita ; subtus breviter griseo-pubescens 

 abdomen valde convexum ; pedes breves, setosi, sub-validi, tibiis 

 anticis calcaribus longis acutis. Long. 11 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



$ . Abdom. segm. quatuor basalibus latissime brunneo pubes- 

 centibus. 



Tins species, and also tbe following, differ somewhat in general 

 appearance from the other South African Psammodes. The antennae 

 and also the spurs of the fore tibiae are as in Ocnodes, Fahr., but in 

 the $ the abdomen is more convex. 



Hub. Zarnbesia (? Victoria Falls). 



PSAMMODES FORTUITUS. 



Niger, opacus, nonnunquam indumento fusco supra obtectus, 

 pilis griseis dense vestitus ; antennis, palpis pedibusque ferrugineis ; 

 caput ut in P. iuqitinato ; prothorax longitudine duplo latior, ad 

 medium laterum rotundato ampliatus, basi nonnihil sinuatus, apice 

 basi nonnihil angustior angulis anticis sub-prominulis, posticis 

 rotundatis, totus marginatus, marginibus laterum reflexis, crebre 

 punctulatus, pilis griseis brevibus sub-decurnbentibus, sed intra mar- 



