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In one of the two examples which I have examined, and which is 

 slightly immature, the punctures along the base of the prothorax are 

 only feebly indicated. The species is not unlike 0. vicarius, but it 

 differs, however, in several particulars. 



Gen. DIOEYCHE, MacLeay. 



DiORYCHE CURTULA, n. Sp. 



Nigro viridis, supra dense griseo pubescens ; antennis sub-infus- 

 catis articulis basalibus duobus pallide flavis ; palpi pallide fiavi, 

 articulo ultimo infuscato at apice flavo ; pedes pallide flavi, labrum 

 rufo testaceum ; caput latum, creberrime punctatum ; prothorax 

 latitudine nonnihil brevior, lateribus leviter ante medium rotundatis, 

 vix ampliatis, basi apice latitudine fere aequali, antice convexiusculus, 

 in medio inconspicue canaliculatus, rude conferte punctatus, dense 

 pubescens ; elytra prothorace nonnihil latiora, vix magis quam duplo 

 longiora, ad humeros modice acuta, lateribus recta, apicem versus 

 conjunctim rotundata, ante apicem conspicue singulatim sinuata, 

 punctato striata, interstitiis vix convexis, confertim aciculatis, dense 

 pubescentibus ; corpus subtus nigro fuscum, sparse punctatum. 



Long. 6 mm. ; lat. 2^ mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Sebakwe). Delancey Dods. 



Distinguished from the other South African species by its width 

 in proportion to its length, and by the deeply punctate strias of the 

 elytra. 



Gen. STENOLOPHUS, Dej. 



Stenolophus involutus, n. sp. 



Oblongus, niger, nitidissimus, elytris dilute micantibus ; antennis. 

 longis, fuscis, articulis basalibus duobus, flavidis, palpis, articulo 

 ultimo basi autem nigro maculato, pedibusque pallide flavo testaceis ; 

 caput impunctatum, utrinque impressum ; prothorax longitudine 

 media fere tertio latior, antice baud angustatus. ad punctum 

 setigerum anticum nonnihil ampliatus, deinde ad basim modice 

 angustatus, angulis posticis sub-obtusis, basi apice nonnihil angus- 

 tior, supra leviter convexiusculus lateribus anguste flavo marginatis, 

 levis, medio obsolete canaliculatus, ad basim utrinque late depressus 

 punctulatusque ; scutellum leve ; elytra levia, anguste striata, striis 

 impunctatis, secunda abbreviata bene distincta, lateraliter anguste 

 postice late flavo testacea. 



