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punctatis, area minuta media obsoletius punctulata, punctis longe 

 setigeris ; prothorace subdense pubescente, punctis rotundatis 

 profundis obsito; elytris valde deplanatis, pubescentibus, punctis 

 seriatis sub-remotis tectis ; subtus pedibusque breviter pubes- 

 centibus. 



Much smaller than C. basalis, Dej., which it resembles, but the 

 elytra are concolorous, and the punctures on the prothorax and 

 elytra are not so closely set. 



Length 4^ mm. ; width If mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Willowmore). Dr. H. Brauns. 



Gen. ANISODACTYLUS, Dej. 

 Anisodactylus inchoatus, n. sp. 



Niger, nitidus, elytris dilute senescentibus, labro, palpis, antennis 

 pedibusque rufis ; caput impunctatum, sulcis lateribus intra oculos 

 modice profundis ; prothorax ab apice ad tertiam partem nonnihil 

 arcuato ampliatus, dein basi oblique ductus at baud sinuatus, angulis 

 posticis acutis, latitudine baseos apicisque aequalis, antice convexius- 

 culus, in medio anguste canaliculatus, postice impressione angusta 

 lineiformi utrinque impressus, omnino impunctatus ; scutellum leve ; 

 elytra oblonga, versus apicem sinuata in hoc loco conjunctim 

 acuminata, convexiuscula, anguste striata, interstitiis planis, levibus,. 

 secundo puncto posticali evidentiore ; corpus subtus epipleuraeque 

 fusco rufescentia. 



Long. 12 mm. ; lat. 44 mm. 



But for the vestiture of the under part of the tarsi, this species 

 might be taken for an Harpalus. 



Hab. Southern Khodesia (Salisbury). G. A K. Marshall. 



Gen. HYPOLITHUS, Dej. 

 Hypolithus cruentulus, n. sp. 

 Capite prothoraceque rufis, elytris rufo ferrugineis, vitta communi 

 nigra striam quartam utrinque attingente, postce apicem versus, 

 obliterata ornatis, antennis palpis pedibusque pallide testaceis ; 

 caput fronte verticeque sparse punctatum punctis breviter pubes- 

 centibus, coUum leve ; prothorax longitudine quarto latior, lateraliter 

 modice rotundatus, adbasim apice nonnihil angustior, vix angulatus, 

 depressus, in medio distincte at baud profunde canaliculatus, basi 



