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at all ocellate, confluent, intervals broad; elytra finely striate with 

 the interstices shghtly convex, sparsely and obsoletely punctate and 

 with the suture conspicuously shining. 



Length ? 14 mm. ; width 7 mm. 



In this species the punctures on the prothorax are much finer in 

 the centre, and consequently the intervals separating them are there 

 much larger than the punctures ; near the sides the punctures are 

 larger and more rounded, but they are not confluent, each puncture 

 being entirely surrounded by a complete interval ; the hind portion 

 of the lateral piece of the prosternum has only very much obliterated 

 punctures ; the pseudepipleura are dull, not punctate except the 

 stria, which is evidently nearer to the epipleuron than to the pseud- 

 epipleural carina ; the intracoxal part of the metasternum is some- 

 what strongly punctate. The example from which this description 

 is made is a well preserved, nearly mature female ; the clypeus is 

 emarginate in front with the two sides of the emargination pro- 

 jecting ; the prothorax is not much convex, but has hi front on each 

 side and near the anterior margin a well-defined circular impression ; 

 the three outer teeth of the anterior tibiae are very large, and there is 

 also a well-defined superior small tooth. This species is probably 

 very closely allied to M. politidus, but the punctuation of the 

 prothorax seems to be very different." 



Mackoderes pristinus, Sharp, 

 Loc. cit., p. xxxviii. 



Sub-hemispherical, transversely convex, nearly opaque ; prothorax 

 very closely and deeply punctate ; elytra obsoletely striate, strongly 

 punctate, pseudepipleural carina Httle distinct and much abbreviated 

 behind. 



Length 9i mm. ; width 6^ mm. 



The punctures on the prothorax are, in this species; very deep 

 and very similar to one another, the central ones differing little from 

 those on the sides ; the stria of the elytra are not very marked, but 

 the punctuation, on the contrary, is very developed ; the pseud- 

 epipleura are punctate like the other parts of the elytra, and the 

 pseudepipleural stria is very indistinct and set very close to the 

 epipleuron. 



The species is easily distinguished by the small development of 

 the pseudepipleura. The example described is a female ; the pro- 

 thorax is not impressed, and the clypeus is deeply emarginate at tip. 



Hchh. South Africa (Diamond Fields). 



