1908.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 647 



PHiEOCEOIDES, n. gen. 



Mentum and ligula fused together without any apparent suture, 

 slightly ampliate laterally at the base, sub-parallel from the median 

 part to the apex where it is truncate with the angles distinct, 

 anterior margin with a few setigerous punctures, labial palps inserted 

 behind the ligular part, last joint cylindrical, truncate ; maxillae 

 corneous like the mentum, upper lobe spatulate, and inner lobe 

 with a slender bifid tooth-like process, in the manner of Ochodceus ; 

 labrum narrow, transverse, truncate at apex, mandibles projecting 

 slightly beyond it, scooped inwardly, sharply carinate, obtusely 

 dentate on the upper margin near the base, slightly bifid at tip, 

 frontal suture obliterated, head simple, eyes not much exposed on 

 the upper part and not very large underneath ; first and second 

 joints of the antennal club fitting into the third which is very convex; 

 prothorax broader than long and gradually ampliated laterally from 

 the apex to the base which is about one-fourth broader, and very 

 slightly sinuate towards the outer angles ; the scutellum is some- 

 what sharply ogival ; the elytra gradually ampliated from the base to 

 the posterior part as in Phosocrous, not much convex, and distinctly 

 striate punctate ; underside as in Phosocrous, but the hind femora 

 are more developed ; abdomen 6-jointed ; the anterior tibiae are 

 sharply tri-dentate outwardly, the apical tooth being very long and 

 curved, above the upper tooth the tibia is strongly serrate if not 

 denticulate, and the inner apical spur is very short ; anterior tarsi 

 long, slender, longer than the tibia, intermediate and posterior of 

 the same length as the tibia, claws very slender, hind tibiae slightly 

 bi- or tri-denticulate on the upper edge, hind spurs very short. 



Ph^eocroides damarinus, n. sp. 

 Brick-red, sub-opaque, glabrous ; head roughly rugose punctate, 

 prothorax covered with moderately deep sub-variolose punctures 

 separated from each other by an interval about equal to their 

 diameter, but not regularly disposed, being more crowded and 

 smaller in the anterior part, and leaving a smooth line in the 

 posterior central part of the disk ; scutellum impunctate ; elytra 

 with 9 plain striae on each side, the striae closely punctate, intervals 

 plane, each with some seriate, somewhat remote punctures ; under- 

 side glabrous except for a few setae on the margin of the abdominal 

 segments, the coxae and femora ; tibiae sparingly setulose, joints of 

 posterior tarsi with a long seta on each side. 



