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basi utrinque sinuata, antice prothorace distincte latiora, magis quam 

 duplo longiora, medio fere latitudine baseos aequalia, pone medium 

 versus apicem modice attenuata, supra antice nonnihil convexa, ad 

 latera baseos utroque impressa, margine laterali acuta, ad humeros 

 distincte reflexa, dorso utrinque vagissime tri-costato ; subtus tenuis- 

 sime griseo-pubescens ; pedes sub-graciles, breves, tenuiter griseo- 

 pubescentes. Long. 10J mm. ; lat. 5-^ mm. 

 Hob. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). T. Ayres. 



TRACHYNOTUS MEEACUS. 



Niger, opacus ; caput sat crebre punctulatum, antice breviter 

 griseo-pubescens ; antennae griseo pubescentes ; prothorax longitu- 

 dine tertio latior, apice basique fere truncatus, ad medium laterum 

 distincte angulatini ampliatus, basi apice baud latior, angulis pos- 

 ticis nonnihil retrorsum prominulis, supra modice convexus, intra 

 basim ad latera utrinque impressus, subtilissime punctulatus, impres- 

 sionibus posticis griseo tomentosis ; elytra oblongo-ovalia, antice 

 prothorace basi baud latiora, humeris oblique rotundatis, medio 

 prothorace quarto latiora, fere triplo longiora, versus apicem sub- 

 acuminata, sutura elevata praeterea, carina laterali costisque acutis 

 tribus, interiore breviore, secunda carinata casterisque magis conspicua 

 in singulo praedita, superficie vix rugosula, vitta angusta pubescente 

 juxta suturali, alteraque lata, supra laterali griseo-albidis ; subtus 

 pedesque dense sed breviter griseo-pubescentes. Long. 13 mm. ; 

 lat. 6 mm. 



The nearest ally of this species is T. dub ins, Per., but it differs in 

 the shape of the prothorax, which is distinctly angular laterally in 

 the middle ; the pubescence on the elytra is also of a different 

 pattern. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Clanwilliam). C. L. Leipoldt. 



GEN. ECHINOTUS, Sol. 



ECHINOTUS DISPAR. 



Niger, indumento terreno-ochraceo dense obtectus ; caput vertice 

 deplanatum, rugosum ; antennae breviter pubescentes ; prothorax vix 

 latior quam longior, rotundato-ampliatus, basi apice perparum latior, 

 angulis posticis acutis, retrorsum prominulis, margine laterali serru- 

 lata, supra gibbosus, callis duobus validis acute granulatis in medio 

 instructis, parte antica apicis callosa, granulata, parte postica 



