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Tribe Apotonilni. 



The only Apotomus found at Salisbury is the well 

 known .1. annulaticornis, and it is seldom taken here 

 iibouts. 



TRir.F Mn^iyrein'i. 



These are terniitophilous beetles, two of which — 

 Aeplmidius niadagascariensis and Somoplatus suhstriatus 

 — are taken at Salisbury, usually at light. 



TiiiBK J*t('rnyfi('hi)ti. 



Represented at Salisbury by the genera Abacetus, 

 Drimostoma, Exocus and Pterostichus. 



Of Abacetus at least eighteen species are found in this 

 neighbourhood. Owing to their general similarity they 

 are by no means easy to identify, and six of those I have 

 found here are as yet undetermined. A certain amount 

 of confusion exists with regard to some of the species, 

 and a good Key to the genus is badly needed. Peringuey 

 has described in the 1st and 2nd Supplements to his Cata- 

 logue, two very different species, to each of which he has 

 given the same name — .4. di versus. The first is found at 

 Salisbury ; the second seems to be common at Umtali and 

 Beira. The species that I have taken here are — A. emeri- 

 tus, A. lucid ulus, A. nt(ishnnus, A. auspicatus. A, opthnus, 

 A. alacer, A. di versus. A. cursor^ A. discrepans. A. hnpor- 

 tmius. y\. oplatus. and six others that T am unable to 

 identify fj-om Peringuey's descriptions. A. ohtiisus has 

 also been Ter< niled from Salisbury, but T have not yet 

 seen it. 



Of Drimostonia we have D. longicoDiis and a s])ecies 

 not yet described. I have taken two examj)les of the 

 former and one of the latter. 



Exocus fcrruffineus, which probably lives with tei-mites, 

 is taken here at light pretty often. I have also secured 

 at light a single example each of two smaller beetles 

 which I believe to belong to this genus. 



