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Cranophorus 4-notatus Muh. — Cape Town. 



Cranophorus trapezium, sp. nov. — Similar to ^-notatus but more broadly oval, 

 shining, moderately pubescent, finely, rather closely punctate, deep black 

 above, the pronotum pale and diaphanous at the apical margin, more broadly 

 laterally, the pale margin extending only to the middle of the length ; elytra 

 each with two small rounded pale spots, nearly equal in size, near one-third 

 and two-thirds from the base and both at about two-fifths from the suture ; 

 under surface and legs black ; male with the fifth ventral feebly sinuate, not 

 denticulate, the sixth sinuato- truncate and broadly impressed. Length 1. 7 

 mm.; width I.I mm. Wellington. Abundant. 



Cranophorus parvulus, sp. nov. — Similar to the preceding but much smaller, the 

 elytra more finely, sparsely and obsoletely punctate and more truncate at tip, 

 the two spots of each elytron extremely small and nearly on the median line ; 

 male with the fifth segment truncate and not modified, the sixth perfectly flat, 

 broadly subtruncate at apex, with a very minute angulate median notch. 

 Length I.15-I.25 mm.; width 0.75-0.85 mm. Wellington. A single pair. 



Stethorus jejunus Csy. (Ante, p. 136) — Cape Town. 



Scymnus (Scymnusj morelleti Miils. — Wellington. 



Scymnus (Scymnus) capicola, sp. nov. — Broadly oval, black, the elytra! apices 

 narrowly margined with red ; abdomen black, the apical margin paler ; legs 

 testaceous throughout ; head rufo-piceous in the male, black in the female, the 

 pronotum black throughout in both sexes, finely but strongly, not closely punc- 

 tate, the sides nearly continuous, strongly convergent and moderately arcuate ; 

 elytra as long as wide, rounded behind, punctured nearly like the pronotum 

 but less finely ; under surface dull, very densely punctate throughout, more 

 finely on the abdomen. Length 1. 7-2.0 mm.; width 1.2-I.5 mm. Welling- 

 ton. The male has the fifth ventral broadly, feebly sinuate at the middle of 

 the apex but not notably impressed. 



Scymnus (Scymnus) monroviae, sp. nov. — Broadly oval, moderately pubescent, 

 finely but strongly, somewhat closely punctate ; head black, the pronotum 

 black with the apex nubilously pale toward the sides, the latter strongly con- 

 vergent, feebly arcuate and rather discontinuous ; elytra black, the apical mar- 

 gin narrowly and nubilously pale, each with a rather large, obliquely oval 

 discal red spot just before the middle ; under surface blackish, dull, very 

 densely but finely punctate, the abdominal apex slightly paler ; legs pale tes- 

 taceous, the femora somewhat infuscate except toward tip. Length 1. 75 nim.; 

 width 1.25 mm. Liberia (Mt. Coflee). A single female. 



Scymnus (Nephus) angustus, sp. nov. — Very narrowly oval, about twice as long 

 as wide, moderately convex, minutely and very closely punctate, black, the 

 elytra testaceous, with the suture and side-margin in basal three-fifths blackish, 

 the dark areas broadening toward base and becoming coalescent ; under sur- 

 face and legs piceous or blackish, the knees and tibiae somewhat paler. Length 

 1.6 mm.; width 0.8 mm. Wellington. 



Rhyzobius trimeni, sp. nov. — Oval, moderately convex, the pubescence ashy, 

 moderately long and abundant ; body black, the tarsi and abdominal limb 

 broadly throughout pale ; pronotum with the apex at and near the angles pale, 

 the sides reflexed, strongly convergent, evenly, rather strongly arcuate and dis- 



