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four, emarginate at the apex, the claws bifid, the inner division 

 short, prosternimi very broad, the anterior thoracic episternum 

 convex. 



Hub. Da Dime al Bass Narok, August -Sept. 189G. 



I have placed this little species at present in Tvongius on ac- 

 count of the unarmed femora and other details, but the episteme 

 is scarcely separated and the thorax is more subcylindrical in 

 shape, agreeing better in that respect with Syagrus. 



9. Phygasia Gestroi, sp. n. — Pale testaceous, head and tho- 

 rax nearly impunctate, the basal sulcus deep, the sides strongly 

 rounded, elytra very finely and closely punctured. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head with a few extremely fine punctures, the frontal tuber- 

 cles strongly raised, subquadrate, the carina linear, highly raised, 

 antennae extending beyond the middle of the elytra, pale flavous, 

 the third joint slightly longer than the fourth, terminal joints 

 rather elongate ; thorax twice as broad as long, the sides strongly 

 rounded, narrowly margined, the basal sulcus deep, sinuate, not 

 extending to the margins, the surface convex, not perceptibly 

 punctured, elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, 

 extremely minutely punctured, only visible under a very strong 

 lens , below and the legs coloured like the upper surface , the 

 first joint of the posterior tibiae as long as the following two 

 joints together. 



Hab. Da Sancurar agli Amarr Burgi, February -April 1896. 



Closely allied to P. pallida, Jac. from S. Africa but the an- 

 tennae rather longer and less robust than in that species, the 

 third joint longer, the thorax with the sides more strongly 

 rounded, its sulcus more transverse and the elytra scarcely vi- 

 sibly punctured, those in P. pallida distinctly punctate. 



10. Nisotra pallida, sp: n. — Pale testaceous, the terminal 

 joints of the antennae darker, thorax closely and finely punc- 

 tured, the base with a long perpendicular notch, elytra closely 

 and distinctly semipunctate-striate. 



Length 5 millim. 



Of rather elongate shape, the head with a few minute punc- 



