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elongata basali carinaque discoidali a basi fere ad quartam partim 

 longitudinis extensa utriiique praedita, in disco prgesertim postice 

 rude conferteque scabroso punctata, sinu laterali alte transversim 

 plicato ; abdomen pedes sternumque conferte punctata, hoc plicatum, 

 punctis omnibus setulam brevissimam albidam ferentibus. 



Long. 9-10 mm. ; lat. 2f-3 mm. 



Hah. Southern Ehodesia (Umtali). A. Bodong. 



Gen. APHANISTICUS, Lat. 

 Aphanisticus levicollis, n. sp. 



Viridi yeneus, nitidus, glaber, caput ab apicis basi fere usque ad 

 epistome prof unde canaHculato, vertice ipso baud tuberculato, omnino 

 conferte punctulatum ; prothorax antice latitudine capitis baseos, 

 longitudine latitudine aequalis lateribus fere rectis, angulis posticis 

 acutis, prominentibus, basi ipsa apice nonnihil angustiore, supra 

 omnino punctulatus; ab apice pone medium convexiusculus, postice 

 late transverse impressus, impressione carina acuta supra marginali 

 a medio disci basim attingente utrinque terminata ; scutellum 

 parvum, impunctatum ; elytra antice prothoracis baseos latitudine, 

 60 fere quadruple longiora, ab humeros pone luedium sensim sinuato 

 attenuata, ibi brevissime ampliata, dein gradatim apicem versus 

 attenuata, in apice ipso subacute singulatim rotundata, plicis trans- 

 versis a basi longe ultra medium evidentioribus dein apice distincte 

 interruptis crebre obsita ; corpus subtus sparse punctulatum. 



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



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



Family MALACODERMID^. 



Sub-Family TELEPHOEINA. 

 Gen. ICHTHYUKUS, Westw. 



ICHTHYUEUS MASHUNUS, U. Sp. 



Pallide flavus, caput vertice nigrum ; antennae tenues, longce, 

 articulis basalibus tribus vel quatuor flavidis, ceteris sub-infuscatis ; 

 prothorax fascia transversa lata latera baud attingente, medium disci 

 occupante, antice posticeque in medio profunde excisa notatus ; 

 elytra omnino flava ; abdominis segmentum ultimum nigrum, ceteris 



