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producta {^); antennge corpore dimidio longiorae, articulis longe 

 hirtis; prothorax basi apiceque iatitudine fere aequalis, intra basin 

 transversim impressus, supra modice convexus, lateribus in medio 

 acute angulatis, vitta laterali alba lata utrinque ornatus ; elytra pro- 

 thorace duplo longiora antice basi prothoracis duplo latiora, retror- 

 sum distincte attenuata, apice basi tertio angustiora, rotundata, ad 

 medium baseos bituberculata, pone basim transversim subdepressa, 

 a medio postice modice convexa, seriato punctata, punctis aliquantum 

 remotis, setamque longissimam albam singulatim ferentibus, fascia 

 lata alba sinuata ad suturam interrupta alteraque communi angus- 

 tiora post medium sita ornata ; corpus subtus opalino cinereo dense 

 tomentosum ; pedes albido setosi. 



Long. 9 mm. ; lat. 4 mm. 



This species diifers from its congener T. jJucrilis, Thorns., in the 

 livery and also in size. In the latter the whole prothorax is clothed 

 with a fulvous pubescence, and the design of the elytral bands is of 

 another shape and colour. 



Hab. Namaqualand (O'okiep). L. P6ringuey. 



Gen. BLEPISANIS, J. Thoms. 



Blepisaxis bicolor, n. sp. 



Valida, nigra, elytrorum basi late rufo fasciata, femoribus rufes- 

 centibus, supra subtusque praesertim pube brevissima grisea dense 

 obsita; caput subcrebre foveolato punctatum, in medio frontis 

 distincte canaliculatum ; antennae subvalidae, elytrorum medium 

 longitudine excedentes, nigrae brevissime, articulis basalibus duobus 

 exceptis, pubescentes ; prothorax antice leviter, postice profunda 

 strangulatus, ad latera modice rotundato ampliatus, supra evidenter 

 convexus, foveato reticulatus, linea media levi longitudinali antice 

 posticeque obliterata praeditus, elytra pi'othorace basi quarto latiora 

 fere quinto longiora, retrorsum gradatim angustata, basi apice fere 

 dimidio latiora, apice singulatim obtuse sub-rotundata, in dorso 

 deplanata, foveis seriatis, approximatis antice latioribus setam 

 appressam brevissimam singulatim ferentibus obsita, costulaque 

 dorsali prasdita. 



Length 22| mm. ; width 6 mm. 



This very distinct species seems to have no close ally among its 

 South African congeners. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Kokstad). A. L. du Toit. 



