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but as long and slender as the other appressed greyish white ones of 

 which the vestiture consists. 



Hab. Transvaal (Pietersburg). A. T. J. Janse. 



CALCECUS, nov. gen. 



Eostrum a capite hand disjunctum, nonnihil angustius, vix duplo 

 longius, fere lineare, a basi gradatim sub-dehiscens, lateribus baud 

 carinatum, supra depressum, a basi capitis fere usque ad apicem in 

 medio tenue canaliculatum lineaque impressa abbreviata utrinque 

 munitum ; oculi elongate ovati, proniinuli ; antennee in apicem rostri 

 insertae, graciles, thoracis medium baud attingentes, funiculo 

 7-articulato, articulo primo secundo validiori, nonnihil longiori, 

 clava acute pyriformi ; prothorax fere planus, apice truncatus, basi 

 leviter arcuatus apiceque dimidio latior, lateribus linearis, in medio 

 canaliculatus; scutellum brevissimum, triangulum; elytra prothorace 

 nonnihil latiora angulis antrorsum productis, supra plana, lateraliter 

 alte carinata lateribus abrupte declivis ; abdominis segmentum 

 secundum duobus sequentibus simul sumptis longitudine aequale ; 

 pedes sub-elongati femoribus incrassatis, posticis abdominis segmenti 

 ultimi basim attingentibus, tibiis omnibus tantulum introrsum flexis, 

 anticis intus serrulatis ; tarsi omnes subtus spongiosi, articulo primo 

 secundo dimidio longiore. 



I propose this genus for a very singular species which must come 

 in the neighbourhood of Cimb^is and Polycleis. 



Calcecus caeinatipennis, n. sp. 

 Plate v., figs. 17, 18. 



Niger squamis contiguis albidis vel argenteo opalinis tectus, 

 pedibus rufescentibus ; caput rostrumque longitudinaliter plicatula ; 

 prothorax depressus, in medio canaliculatus, crebre praesertim ad 

 latera rugulosus, lateribus anguste, in medio late longitudinaliter 

 denudatus; scutellum minutissimum ; elytra prothorace nonnihil 

 latiora angulis rectis, antrorsum productis ejusdem angulos posticos, 

 amplexentia, sub-linearia, ad partem posticam leviter ampliata, 

 deinde apice acuminata ibi singulatim mucronata, supra-plana, carina 

 laterali valde elevata sub-sinuata praedita, modice profunde striate 

 punctata interstitiis planis crebre rugose aciculatis, vitta suturali 

 sub-lata a basi apice denudata ; coi'pus subtus dense squamosum ; 

 tibiae breviter pubescentes. 



Long. 8|-10i mm. ; lat. 3-3^ mm. 



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