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<3eous narrow margins of the elytra and of the posterior sutural 

 part of the same. 



Hypolithus teteicus, n. sp. 



Niger, opacus, supra tenuissime brevissimeque pubescens, an- 

 tennae nigrae, articulo basali pallide flavo ; palpi nigri articulo ultimo 

 apice flavo, femora flava, genibus tibiis tarsisque nigris ; caput 

 crebre punctatum fere rugosum, collo leve, labro anguste ferrugineo 

 marginato ; prothorax latus, longitudine media tertio latior, basi 

 ^pice vero nonnihil latior angulis posticis distinctis, at baud acutis, 

 lateribus arcuatis, ad medium nonnihil rotundatis, supra in medio 

 leviter canaliculatus, omnino crebre asperoso punctatus, punctis 

 ■contiguis ; scutellum leve ; elytra basi prothorace baud latiora, 

 humeris sub-obliquis, a tertia parte leviter ampliata, ante apicem 

 valde sinuata, apice conjunctim attenuata, supra fere plana, anguste 

 striata, interstitiis parum elevatis, confertissime aciculato aluta- 

 ceis, primo, tertio, quinto septimoque punctis remotis seriatis magis 

 minusque evidentioribus instructis ; corpus subtus nitidum. 



Long. 12f mm. ; lat. 5^ mm. 



Allied to H. tomentostis, Dej. ; differs by the slightly rougher 

 punctuation, the shorter pubescence, and the colour of the antennae 

 and legs. 



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



Gen. CRATOGNATHUS, Dej. 

 Cratognathus natalensis, n. sp. 



Os, palpi, antennae, pedesque pallido testacea, caput atque pro- 

 thorax viridi aenea, illo labro rufescente hoc anguste rufo marginato ; 

 ■elytra flavo castanea, nitida, dorso aenescente, corpus subtus nigro 

 aeneum. Caput omnino levigatum, in mare validissimum, ad suturam 

 f rontalem utrinque angustissime sed profunde punctatum ; prothorax 

 etiam levigatus, sulco medio tenui, utrinque plicatulo ; scutellum 

 impunctatum ; elytra normalia, parum convexa, tenuiter simpliciter- 

 que striata, interstitiis sub-planis, levibus, stria secunda pone basim 

 obUterata, basi cum tertia sub-oblique connexa. 



Shorter than C. mandibularis , Dej., and more of the size of C. 



fallax, Per. It is distinguished especially by its colouration from 



C. miiwr, Per., and the base of the prothorax is less narrowed than 



this species, the sides being straighter. It is, however, nearer still 



