490 APPENDIX. BERYTIDJ?. 



antennae very long, first joint equalling in length that of the 

 second and third together ; pronotuin much longer than hroad, 

 posteriorly depressed, furnished with an obtuse conical tubercle 

 near each lateral augle ; scutellum triangularly oblong ; meso- 

 sternum, metasternum, and first ventral segment sulcated; process 

 of the odoriferous apertures apically emarginate ; legs very long 

 and slender." (Sfdl.) 



The following characters taken from Stfd's diagnosis of the 

 family Berytidae may be added: — Antennse of four joints, first 

 joint clavate at apex ; head constricted before ocelli ; eyes remote 

 from base of head ; femora apically clavate ; tarsi three-jointed. 



2708. Capys malacaipus, Stal (Neides), Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 1855, 

 p. 30; id. (Capys) Hem. Afr. ii, p. 120 (1865). 



" Palely testaceous-flavescent ; pronotum distinctly punctate ; 

 antennae and legs sprinkled with black ; apices of the first, second 

 and third joints of the antennae and the apex of the coriuni black ; 

 fourth joint of the antennae greyish-white, with almost the apical 

 half fuscous ; clavate apices of the femora testaceous-flavescent." 

 {Stal.) 



Length 1\ to 9 millim. 



Hah. Ceylon; Trincomalee {Green). — Natal; Durban {Bell- 

 Marley, Coll. DisL). Caffraria {firh- Stdl). 



This is another South African species found also in Ceylon ; a 

 single specimen from the last locality sent me by Mr. Green 

 being inseparable from my Natalian specimens. 



