South African Coleopterous Fauna. 283 



Long. 5|— 5f mm. ; lat. 2-2^ mm. 



Allied to S. amo&nulus, P6r., owing to the general facies and also 

 the colouration, but differentiated by the presence of a very well 

 •defined abbreviated second elytral stria. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Humansdorp). Eev. J. k. O'Neil. 



Gen. ACUPALPUS, Latr. 



ACUPALPUS ALACEE, n. Sp. 



Rufo ferrugineus, nitidus, prothorace dilutiore ; caput nigrum ; 

 labro flavescente ; antennae sub-infuscatae, articulo basali ultimoque 

 saturatius flavo testaceis ; palpi pedesque livido testacei ; caput 

 impunctatum, validum ; prothorax ante medium nonnihil ampliato 

 rotundatus, deinde ad basim sub-oblique ductus angulis vix acutis, 

 convexiusculus, levis, postice supra basim utrinque baud profunde 

 impressus, impunctatus, in medio obsoletissime canaliculatus ; 

 scutellum brevissimum, impunctatum ; elytra oblonga, prothorace 

 nonnihil latiora atque triplo longiora, ad humeros vix rotundata, 

 paullo convexa, tenue striata, interstitiis convexiusculis, levibus. 



Long. 3^ mm. ; lat. 1^ mm. 



Hah. Natal (Durban). C. N. Barker. 



AcUPALPUS ALIENUS, n. Sp. 



Nitidus, caput nigrum, prothorax rufus, elytra corpusque subtus 

 rufo ferruginea, illis ad latera apiceque nonnihil dilutioribus ; antennae 

 flavo testaceae articulis basalibus tribus pallidioribus ; palpi pedesque 

 pallide flavo testacei ; caput impunctatum ; prothorax ante medium 

 lateraliter modice ampliato rotundatus, pone medium sub-oblique 

 angustatus baud sinuatus angulis posticis distinctis autem baud 

 acutis, apice basi fere quarto latior convexiusculus, in medio obso- 

 lete canaliculatus, in disco levis, postice utrinque ad basim late 

 impressus, crebreque punctulatus ; scutellum impunctatum ; elytra 

 oblonga, prothorace latiora et triplo longiora, ad humeros vix rotun- 

 data, modice convexiuscula, profunde lineato striata, interstitiis 

 •convexiusculis, levibus. 



Long. 3J mm. ; lat. 1\ mm. 



Allied to the preceding species, but distinguished by the closely 

 punctate basal part of the prothorax. The antennae are also 

 paler. 



Hah. Natal (Isipingo). C. N. Barker. 



