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variable, or there may be more than one species imcler it. This can 

 only be decided by good series of specimens, as the monotony of the 

 aedeagus appear to be very great throughout the Pseudohagoini. The 

 following species seems to be clearly distinct. 



1. — Pfendobagous junodl, sp.n. 



Major, clongatus, anq^istus, niger, undique (jriseo-ochraceo-lutosus, tarsis, 

 tihiis antennisque testaceis, his clava nigricante ; fronte profunde foveolata, 

 thorace angusto, longitiidinaliter medio impresso Long. 7-8 mm. 



Closely allied to /?. longulus, but larger, with broader head, stouter rostrum, 

 and very little sign of callosities on the elytra. B. longulus, as at present com- 

 prehended, is so variable that a more detailed comparison might be deceptive. 

 The aedeagus is very much like that of the genus Parabagous, but the strut of 

 the tegumen is excessively short, while in Parabagous it is merely short in 

 P. frit and long in P. binodulus. (In one specimen of Pseudobagous longulus 

 this strut can scarcely be detected. ) 



I am indebted to Mr. G. A. K. Marshall for a pair of this species 

 found at Delagoa Bay by H. Junod. The specimens of P. longulus 

 with which I have compared P. jnnodi have been lent to me by 

 Mr. Marshall : three are from Salisbury in Rhodesia, one from Beira, 

 and one from Uitenhage in Cape Colony. 



With reference to the short strut of the aedeagus, I may remark 

 that it has been pointed out by Muir and myself that the line of evolution 

 of the aedeagus in Rhi/nchophora is that of reduction of tegmen ; and 

 I may now add that when any part of the tegmen is found to be 

 unusually reduced, it may also be found to be slightly variable. Hence 

 minute differences in the strut of the tegmen in Psevdobagov.^ should 

 not be considered as of specific value until a very careful investigation 

 has been made. The true specific characters of the Pseudobagoiui are 

 probably to be found in the sac. Unfortiuiately this cannot be satis- 

 factorily examined in the case of these small insects when dried. 



Parabagous, gen. n. 



Mentum angustum. Tarsi filiformes, articulo tertio ha^ul lobato. Prosternum 

 ante coxas profunde imjtressum. 



This genus is well distinguished by the structure of the feet from 

 Abagovs. Its type is P. />-?7. 



I.— P. frit Gyll. 



P. frit was formerly called subcarinatus in our British collections, 

 but Gyllenhal mentions the narrow third joint of the tarsus, which 



