South African Coleopterous Fauna. 301 



tomentosum ; pedes breviores, pubescentes. Long. 19-22 mm. ; lat. 

 10-11 mm. 



A distinct species, belonging to the group of T. pilosus, Haag ; T. 

 xilplioicles, Fahr. ; T. levis, Fabr., &c. The elytra, however, are more 

 elongate, although equally broad, and not at all acuminate behind, 

 and the intervals have a very distinct reticulation, less marked, how- 

 ever, in the female than in the male : in the former sex the two 

 dorsal costae unite at about two-thirds of the length, and are pro- 

 longed a little further as a single raised line, while in the male the 

 inner one is much the shorter of the two. 



Hab. Transvaal (Middelburg, Barberton, Leydenburg). 



TEACHYNOTUS LUTULENTUS. 



Niger, opacus, pube densa ochracea vestitus ; caput sub-deflexum, 

 inter antennas baud profunde impressum, oculi elongati, emarginati ; 

 prothorax latus, hexagonus, apice sub-truncatus, basi leviter emar- 

 ginatus, marginibus laterum acutis sed baud reflexis, supra parum 

 convexus, intra basim profunde transversim impressus ; elytra basi 

 prothoracis latitudine maxima latiora, triplo longiora, deinde vix 

 ampliata, postice modice angustata, sub-convexa, post medium deflexa, 

 praeter suturam angustam vix elevatam, costa dorsali, humili, post 

 medium evanescente costulaque undosa, obsoleta, utrinque praedita, 

 margins lateral! acuta, ad humeros valde reflexa, interstitiis aciculatis, 

 tomentosis ; pedes sub-elongati, pubescentes ; corpus subtus punctu- 

 latum brevissime pilosum. Long. 11^ mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Leydenburg). T. Ay res. 



Allied to T. funestus, Fahr., but more massive; the upper part of 

 the body is covered w r ith a similar ochreous, extremely short pubes- 

 cence ; the prothorax is of the same shape but broader, and has a 

 deep basal transverse impression reaching nearly from side to side, 

 the elytra are not so acuminate and have a wavy ridge between the 

 dorsal carina and the outer margin which is not noticeable in 

 T. ftincatits. 



TBACHYNOTUS TANTILLUS. 



Niger, opacus ; prothorax breviter griseo-pubescens ; elytris pilis 

 brevissimis sub-erectis dense obtectis ; caput crebre punctulatum ; 

 prothorax longitudine tertio latior, apiceni versus angustatus, pone 

 medium late rotundato ampliatus, basi leviter sinuatus, angulis anticis 

 posticisque rectis, parum convexus, margins laterali acuta ; elytra 



