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tudine duplo latior, antice posticeqtie sinuatus, angulis anticis baud 

 prominulis, lateraliter modice rotundatus, ad basim perparum 

 ampliatus, basi apice nonnihil latior, lateribus late rotundatis, 

 distincte marginatus, sub-depressus ; scutellum triangulum ; elytra 

 antice protborace nonnibil latiora, triplo longiora, elongato-ovata, 

 medio protborace fere duplo latiora, convexa, postice longe 

 debiscentia, margine lateral! tenui, apice baud deplanata, vage 

 striata, striis angustis laxissime punctulatis, interstitiis fere levibus ; 

 corpus subtus brunneum, pectus punctulatum, pilosum, abdomen 

 leve, glabrurn ; pedes breves fere baud punctulati, interne pilosi ; 

 tarsi sat longi, infra longe pilosi. Long. 11^ mm. ; lat. 6 mm. 



Hab. The sandy shores of Namaqualand (Port Nollotb, Ograbies). 

 L. Peringuey. 



GEN. HYPOMELUS, Sober. 



Sober has made two divisions in this genus which has not been 

 generally accepted, but by restricting it to the species which present 

 the characteristics given here, and which he included in his first 

 division, they form a very homogeneous and distinct genus 

 characterised as follows : 



Mentum ut in Psammode, palpi crassiusculi, articulo maxillare 

 ultimo late securiformi ; antennae graciles, articulis elongatis, 9-10 

 magis minusque conicis, ultimo ovato, acuminato ; oculi supra valde 

 prominentes ; prothorax lateribus refiexis, angulis posticis retrorsum 

 productis ; elytra elongata, costulata, apice singulatim acuminata, 

 abdominis segmentis maris in medio baud tomentosis ; pedes modice 

 elongati. 



The type of the genus is H. sabiilosus, Sol. 



HYPOMELUS SERVUS. 



Niger, pilis cinereis brevibus adspersus, palpis antennisque piceo- 

 rufescentibus, his pilosulis ; caput depressum, inter antennas 

 profunde impressum, crebre punctulatum ; prothorax basi apiceque 

 latitudine fere adaequans, lateribus in medio sub-angulatis, margine 

 lateral! obliqua, recta, postica sub-sinuata, angulis posticis retrorsum 

 productis, intra marginem basis transverse impressus, supra fere 

 planus, rnarginibus reflexis, crebre punctulatus, brevissime pubescens ; 

 elytra humeris obliquis, valde reflexis, pone humeros sinuata, deinde 

 oblonga, postice obtuse attenuata, supra convexa, sutura modice 

 elevata costisque tribus, interiore breviore, ante apicem abbreviatis 



