802 Annals of the Soutli African Museum. 



Gen. MELIB^US, Deyr. 



Melib^us punctatus, n. sp. 

 PL VI., fig. 7. 



Nigro cyaneus, supra modice, subtus magis nitidus, prothorace 

 macula antica supra marginal! elongata alteraque rotundata magna 

 a margine fere ad tertiam partem longitudinis extensa, medium disci 

 basimque attingente pube appressa lutea formatis utrinque con- 

 spicue ornatus, sterno atque abdominis segmentis basalibus quatuor 

 utrinque late albo notatis ; caput fronte ab apice late profundeque 

 canaliculata, omnino sub-transverse foveolatum, supra epistome 

 plaga elongata e pilis orichalceis formata notatum ; prothorax 

 longitudine media fere duple latior, ab apice pone medium latera- 

 liter diagonalis, ibi leviter angulatus, dein basi breviter diagonalis 

 angulo postico breve autem aculeate, basi profunde utrinque sinuatus, 

 basi ipsa late triangula, disco a medio postice tuberoso gibbosus, 

 antice utrinque, vix conspicue impressus, sub-transversim plicatus, 

 interstitiis irregularibus, profunde punctatis, plicis gibbositatis magis 

 approximatis, punctis omnibus setam albidam brevissimam ferenti- 

 bus; scutellum trigonale, valde acuminatum, punctulatum ; elytra 

 prothoracis basi antice nonnihil angustiora angulis acutis, praeter 

 humeros longe sinuato attenuata, usque a tertia parte longitudinis 

 fere ad quartam recta, dein apicem versus attenuata, apice ipso sub 

 angulatim rotundato, baud serrulato, supra depressa, confertissime 

 aspera, glabra; pygidium acuminatum, in medio longitudinaliter 

 acute carinatum ; abdomine segmento basali plicatulo punctato, 

 carina laterali sinuata conspicua praedito maculaque alba supra 

 carinam sita ornato, reliquiis crebre aspero punctatis, punctis 

 omnibus setem brevissimam albam ferentibus, sterno conspicue 

 transversim plicatulo punctulatoque ; pedes brevissime pubescentes. 



Long. 13 mm. ; lat. 4 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Waterberg). Pretoria Museum. 



Gen. AMORPHOSOMA, Cast. 

 Amorphosoma tenebricosum, n. sp. 

 Cyaneo nigra, modice nitida, capite prothoraceque pube orichalcea 

 appressa dense vestitis, elytris antice subdense griseo pubescentibus, 

 pone medium fascia communi lata a pilis albidis orichalceisque 

 admixtis formata, fascia altera supra apicali angustiore spatio 

 denudato late divisa ornatis, apice ipso laete cupreo nitente ; caput 

 in fronte transverse, apice longitudinaliter sulcatum, ibi subtuber- 



