South African Coleopterous Fauna. 289 



Gen. MELANODES, Chaud. 

 Melanodes incektus, n. sp. 



Niger, nitidissimus, antennarum articulis tribus atris, ceteris sub- 

 infuscatis, ultimo pallidiore ; caput impunctatum, sulcis anterioribus 

 prominulis ; prothorax longitudine latitudine vix quarto latior, 

 lateribus antice a tertia parte usque ad apicem leviter subarcuatim 

 attenuatus, dein fere rectus, vix sinuatus, basi apice magis quam 

 tertio latior, supra antice convexiusculus, postice deplanatus, in 

 medio tenuiter canaliculatus, impressionibus supra basalibus lineari- 

 bus ; scutellum nullum ; elytra prothoracis basi antice baud latiora, 

 oblonga, postice conjunctim rotundata, apice singulatim sinuata, 

 supra convexiuscula, tenue striata, striis simplicibus, interstitiis 

 planatis, levibus, tertio puncto nullo. 



Long. 9^ mm. ; lat. 4 mm. 



Very closely allied to 3i. ebeninus, Ericbs., but a little more 

 oonvex; the legs and antennae are darker, and the elytra more 

 oblong. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern). C. N. Barker. 



Teibe MASOEEINI. 



Gen. ANAULACUS, McLeay. 

 Anaulacus carinatipennis, n. sp. 



Rufo testaceus, sub-nitidus elytris opacis, capite elytrisque piceis, 

 his angustissime rufo marginatis ; caput omnino levigatum, labro 

 epistomaque rufo testaceis, oculis obtuse conicis ; prothorax longi- 

 tudine latitudine fere latior, lateribus baud ampliatis at brevissime 

 arcuatis angulis posticis distinctis, margine antica arcuata, basi fere 

 recta, supra deplanatus, in medio angustissime canaliculatus ibique 

 levigatus ; elytra pone basim prothorace vix latiora, duplo longiora 

 lateribus rectis, postice arcuatim rotundata, haud sinuata, sutura 

 carinata costisque dorsalibus duabus basim apicemque haud attingen- 

 tibus in singulo instructis ; tibiis posticis supra obtuse denticulatis. 



Length 5 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Differs from A. cajjensis, Pering, in having the elytra made 

 opaque by a fuscous indumentum which hides completely the striae, 

 if they are present ; in the dorsal part of each elytron are two 



