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angusto elevato divisis conferte prgeditus ; elytra prothorace tertio 

 atiora angulis humerosis distinctis, elongate ovalia, a medio 

 convexiuscula, manifeste costata, costis modice carinatis, sequa- 

 libus, setis crassis albidis subremote seriatis, interstitiis late 

 at baud prof unde alveolato punctatis ; corpus subtus pedesque 

 profimde alveolata, alveolis omnibus setam rigidam albam feren- 

 ibus. 



Long, li-2 mm. ; lat. |— i mm. 



Hab. Cape Town. L. Peringuey. 



I met this species but once, and that in great numbers, at the foot 

 of the wall of a building surrounded by grass. 



Sub-Family ANTLIAREHYNID^. 



Gen. ANTLTAREHINUS, Schonh. 



Antliaeehinus peglee^, n. sp. 



Oblongus, deplanatus, semper niger, nitidus rostro piceO; rostro 

 maris prothorace baud longiori, supra profunde canaliculato, feminae 

 corpore haud sensim breviori, cylindrico, recto ; caput angustum, 

 breve, pone oculos constrictum ; antennarum articulis in mare 

 crassiusculis, in femina tenuioribus ; prothorax latitudine nonnihil 

 longior, ab apice ultra medium, lateraliter gradatim ampliatus, 

 ubi basi quarto latior, confertim aciculatus, fere a medio disci basi 

 longitudinaliter subcaniculatus ; scutellum brevissimum, basi bi- 

 impressum ; elytra prothorace quasi tertio longiora latioraque, dorse 

 striis tribus praeter apicem haud punctatis, interstitiis planis, 

 ceteris late profundeque a basi apice transverse punctato crenulatis, 

 interstitiis alte carinatis ; corpore subtus pedibusque confertim 

 aciculato punctatis, his femoribus in quoque sexu valde ampliatis 

 tibiisque apice breviter fulvo tomentosis. 



Length (rostr. excl.) 6-9 mm.; width 2^3 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished from .-1. samicB by its more 

 robust facies, and the different shape of the prothorax ; the elytra 

 are much more highly carinate laterally and behind. The rostrum 

 is more robust in the female and does not reach the great length 

 of that of A. zainice. 



Bred from some cones of the Cycad, Encephelartos Altcnsteini by 

 Miss A. Pegler, after whom I propose to name it. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Kentani). 



