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utroque leviter impressus, sub-confertim punctulatus, punctis 

 breviter flavo setigeris ; scutellum punctulatum ; elytra dense at 

 breve pubescentia, basi prothorace nonnihil latiora, angulis vix 

 rotundatis, lateribus recta, postice conjunctim attenuate rotundata, 

 vix convexa, anguste striata, interstitiis planis creberrime punc- 

 tulatis punctis remotis profundioribus nullis ; corpus subtus 

 nigrum. 



Long. 7^8 mm. ; lat. 3 mm. 



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



Hypolithus imitativus, n. sp, 



Niger, sub-nitidus, capite prothoraceque glabris, elytris dense at 

 brevissime flavescente pubescentibus ; antennas pallide flavo testaceae 

 articulis duobus basalibus exceptis, supra longitudinaliter fusco 

 maculatis ; pedes pallide testacei; caput leve; prothorax longitudine 

 quarto latiora, basi apice fere aequalis, lateraliter mediocre rotun- 

 datus angulis posticis obtusis, vix convexiusculus, in medium 

 disci nonnihil levior, antice lateraliterque sub-strigillato aciculatus, 

 postice, praBsertim ad latera, creberrime coriaceus, limbo extern© 

 angustissime flavescente ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra oblonga^ 

 prothorace aliquantulum latiora humeris nonnihil obliquis, anguste 

 striata interstitiis planis, confertissime aciculatis punctis validi- 

 oribus seriatis nullis. 



Long. 7-^-8 ; lat. 3 mm. 



Allied to H. caffer, Boh., but distinct. 



Hah. Southern Rhodesia (Salisbury). G. A. K. Marshall. 



Hypolithus optivus, n. sp. 



Niger, nitidus, elytris sub-micantibus, brevissime flavescente pubes- 

 centibus; antennae testaceae, articulo primo fere omnino infuscato, 

 ceteris linea longitudinali fusca, palpi tarsique pallide testacea, pedes 

 nigi'i ; caput impunctatum, labro apice anguste rufomarginato ; pro- 

 thorax longitudine media nonnihil latior, lateribus vix ampliatis, 

 angulis posticis sub-obtuse rotundatis, basi apice nonnihil angustiore, 

 antice convexiusculus, a medio retrorsum deplanatus, in medio leviter 

 canaliculatus, parte antica levi, nitida, postica praesertim ad latera 

 crebre aciculata, coriacea ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra basi 

 prothoracis latitudine maxima vix superantia humeris sub-obliquis, 

 lateribus recta, postice conjunctim attenuate rotundata, anguste 

 striata, interstitiis creberrime aciculato punctatis, baud coriaceis. 



