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ginem lateralem longioribus atque rigidioribus, sat dense adspersus, 

 supra modice convexus ; elytra ovalia, apice acuminata, antice pro- 

 thorace nonnihil angustiora, medio quarto latiora, supra convexa, 

 sutura leviter depressa, postice longe dehiscentia, apice baud 

 deplanata, crebre punctulata pilisque rigidis griseis seriatis dense 

 vestita ; pedes corpusque subtus ut in P. inquinato. Long. 8 mm. ; 

 lat. 4-4^ mm. 



<? . Abdom. segment, quatuor basalibus latissime brunneo 

 pubescentibus. 



Smaller than the preceding, and with the elytra more ovate and 

 more acuminate at tip. In some examples the upper part is 

 covered with the same indumentum as in P. inquinatus. 



Hab. Ovampoland. A. W. Eriksson. 



OGK ABIES, nov. gen. 



Mentum sub-trapeziforaie ; palpi maxillares articulo ultimo late 

 securiformi ; labrum transversum ; epistoma capite vix angustius, 

 marginatum, nonnihil reflexum a capite linea arcuata disjunctum ; 

 oculi sub-prominuli ; antennae breves, prothoracis basim baud 

 attingentes, articulis 5-8 turbinatis, 9-10 rnonilibus, iBqualibus, 

 11 prfficedenti baud latiore sed dimidio longiore, sub-moniliformi ; 

 thorax elytris contiguis, apice basique sinuatus lateribus anticis 

 baud prominulis, posticis rotundatis, longitudine duplo latior ; 

 scutellum breve, acutum ; elytra elongate ovalia, basi prothorace 

 nonnihil latiora, convexa, postice dehiscentia, apice attenuata ; 

 epipleura angustissima, apice ampliata ; sternum ut in Psammode ; 

 pedes breves, femoribus apice canaliculatis, femoribus anticis 

 intermediisque compressis, laminatis, apice dilatatis, anticis externe 

 valde sinuatis, interne longe pilosis ; tarsi omnes infra longe 

 pilosi. 



A Psammodc praecipue differt articulo ultimo palporum maxil- 

 larum valde securiformi, articulis ultimis antennarum monilibus, 

 tibiis anticis intermediisque laminatis, apice dilatatis tarsisque infra 

 longe pilosis. 



OGRABIES SINGULARIS. 



Caput, prothorax pedesque brunneo-rufescentes, nitidi ; elytra 

 nitida, flava fere pelucida ; caput laxe punctulatum, antice 

 profunde impressum, epistoma vix attenuatuni, longitudine fere 

 triplo latius, antice sinuatum a capite linea arcuata disjunctum : 

 antennarum articuli quatuor ultimi flavescentes ; prothorax longi- 



