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' 10. Description of a New Species of Pselaphidae (Colcoptera) from 

 South Africa. By A. EAFFRAY. 



TRIBE CTENISTINI 



GEN. EPICAEIS, Eeit. 



EPICABIS CRASSICOKNIS, sp. n. 



OBLONG, attenuate in front, totally ferruginous red with broadly 

 scattered whitish scales. Head narrow and long, convex, antennal 

 tubercle large, cordiform, foveate at base, tempera fasciculate. Eyes 

 large, prominent. Palpi large, joint 2 elongate, thickening towards 

 the apex ; 3 ovate ; 4 thicker, slightly pyriform and rounded at tip ; 

 3 and 4 have a long pencil of hairs. Antennae robust, gradually 

 thickening, articles 2-S moniliform, 9-10 ovoid, 10 nearly half again 

 as thick as the 9. Prothorax larger than the head, convex, slightly 

 conical, fasciculate on each side of the base. Elytra longer than 

 broad, strongly attenuate towards the base, sides oblique, rounded 

 before the apex, shoulders slightly raised, hind border fasciculate 

 and depressed in the centre, raised at the suture, on each side there 

 is a sutural stria and a dorsal, both nearly entire. Abdomen shorter 

 and narrower than the elytra, with a very broad border, first and 

 second tergites large, equal, convex, the first slightly obliquely 

 impressed on each side. Femora thickened ; tibiae straight, some- 

 what slender, suddenly thickened at apex. Metasternum furrowed. 



Length, 3.20 mm. 



This species differs from E. vent rat is, Eaffr., from Abyssinia, and 

 occurring also in Senegal, in the following points : larger size ; last 

 joint of palps much thicker ; antennae much thicker and not dis- 

 tinctly club-shaped ; elytra shorter, much more rounded behind, and 

 more attenuate in front. 



Hab. Transvaal (Pretoria). 



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