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conspicuis atque seriatis praeditus ; pedes antennasque fusci vel 

 rufescentes, illis omnino squamosis ciliatisque ; rostrum in medio 

 capite nonnihil brevius, in hoc loco carinulatum, caput longitudine 

 duplo latius fronte distincte canaliculata ; antennge graciles, scapo 

 oculorum median partem attingente, oculi conspicui retrorsum valde 

 producti ; prothorax longitudine fere tertio latior, ab apice lateraliter 

 late ampliato rotundatus, mox pone medium profunde transversim 

 incisus, angulo acuto, retrorsum hamulato, deinde basim versus 

 oblique attenuatus, antice rectus, basi ( <? ) vix, vel ( J ) nonnihil 

 arcuatus, basi ipsa marginata, convexiusculus, in medio longi- 

 tudinaliter canaliculatus ; elytra ovalia, basi prothoracis latitudine 

 maxima nonnihil angustiora, profunde punctato striata, striis inter- 

 stitiis nonnihil pallidioribus, his setuhs brevibus seriatis praeditis. 



Long. 6-7^ mm. : lat. 2^3 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal. C. W. Howard. 



Very easily recognised by its broadly ampliated prothorax, which 

 is transversely incised slightly past the middle, and obliquely attenuate 

 thence towards the base. 



Gen. CIMBUS, Sch. 



CiMBUS GRATUS, n. Sp. 



Elongatus, niger, pedibus rufescentibus ; supra subtusque pube 

 appressa griseo albidula dense vestitus, apice praesertim ad suturam 

 longe albo comosus ; caput omnino creberrime punctatum a vertice 

 apice canaliculatum, rostrum capite nonnihil longius angustiusque, 

 fere lineare, oculi prominentes semiglobosi, antennae ultra medium 

 prothoracis attingentes ; prothorax longitudine latitudine fere 

 aequans, apice posticeque truncatus, antice modice constrictus, 

 deinde cylindricus, supra conferte transversim plicatus ; elytra 

 elongata, basi prothorace dimidio latiora, ab humeros pone medium 

 fere linearia, deinde apicem versus angustata, apice singulatim longe 

 spinosa supra convexa, profunde punctato striata, interstitiis 

 creberrime rugoseque punctulatis ; corpus subtus nigrum, rugoso 

 punctatum ; pedes cinereo villosi, nonnunquam squamis nonnullis 

 opalinis adspersi. 



Long. 14-18 mm. ; lat. 5 mm. 



This species is easily recognised by the long white villose 

 pubescence of the posterior part of the suture, and also along the 

 hind part of the outer margin. One of my examples exhibits faint 

 traces of a dorsal and a supra-lateral band of blue hairs in the 

 anterior part of the elytra ; these hairs are, however, not squamosa, 



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