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margin slightly convex on the middle, giving the ocelli a raised appear- 

 ance; thin black transverse line on middle extending to margin of lobes. 

 Eyes well rounded, whitish mingled with brown; ocelli dilute brown. 

 Length of vertex less than half the distance between eyes, and equal to 

 about one-fourth of the distance across the eyes. Face strong, of a 

 yellowish color, covered with a dense grayish pubescence; frons distinct 

 yellow, decidedly convex, traversed by numerous dark yellow arcs; two 

 black spots near the margin of the vertex, in line with those on the 

 vertex. Frons three times as long as its width next the clypeus and 

 twice as long as the latter. Clypeus broad next the frons, strongly 

 produced at the apex; lorae s.nall, about one-third the width of the 

 clypeus; genee small, inwardly rounded; rostrum long, the last joint 

 black. Antennae deeply inserted, basal joint stout. Thorax well devel- 

 oped, darker in color than the vertex, finely punctate, and pubescent, 

 twice as broad as long and two and a half times as long as the vertex; 

 anterior margin angularly rounded, side margins short, rounded inwardly ; 

 posterior margin concave; scutellum longer than width at base, and half 

 as long as the pronotum. Venter of thorax yellow except near the 

 coxae, where it is black. Elytra brownish, pubescent, the outer margins 

 lighter; venation strong, of typical Philfenus type. Abdomen above 

 black, the margin somewhat yellow, beneath, brownish black, but pos- 

 sessing a grayish tinge owing to the pubescence. Legs a light yellowish 

 brown. Genitalia — ^male last ventral segment a little longer than the 

 penultimate, .slightly concave on its posterior margin; plates long, 

 about one and a half times as long as their width at base. 



Described from one male. 



Habitat: Cape Town. (Mally). 



The above species may be distinguished from P. caffer 

 Stal, by the darker color, the shorter vertex and the elytral 

 venation. 



Genus Poophilus Stal. 



Head roundly subangular, disc of vertex flat, vertex nar- 

 rower than the pronotum, the anterior margin acute; frons 

 slightly convex; clypeus produced at apex, reaching beyond the 

 fore coxae. Ocelli almost as far from the eyes as from one 

 another. Pronotum transverse, sixangled, the lateral margins 

 short, and the anterior broadly rounded. Scutellum longer 

 than broad. Elytra densely punctate, apical area narrower and 

 rounded, the side margins straight as far as the apex. 



Poophilus terrenus Walk. 



Ptyelus terrenus Walker List Horn. Brit. Mus. III. 709. (1851). 

 Ptyelus umhrosus Stal Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 97. (1855). 

 Poophilus umhrosus Stal Hem. Afr. IV. 74. (1866). 

 Poophilus terrenus Dist. Ins. Transv. IX. 222. (1908). 



Color tawny brown. Length 10 mm. Breadth 3.25 mm. 



