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space in the centre of the dorsal part of the prothorax, and is easily 

 distinguished on that account. 



Length 9£ mm. ; width 5-J- mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth). 



Gen. HETEEOCHELUS, Cat. i., p. 709. 

 Mr. Arrow informs me that H. longipcs, Burm., is the same species 

 as H. gonager, Fabric. 



Sub-Family SERICIN^. 



Gen. ABLABEEA, Cat. ii., p. 75. 

 Ablabera delicatula, n. sp. 



Pale straw-colour, covered on the whole upper side with a pallid 

 erect, dense pubescence, the pubescence on the under side and on 

 the legs is also dense, but it is appressed ; clypeus transverse at 

 apex, very slightly denticulate in the centre and with the angles 

 sharp, projecting a little and somewhat reflexed, surface finely 

 aciculate, clypeal suture very slender ; head closely and somewhat 

 coarsely punctate ; antennae stramineous, antennal club 5-jointed 

 in the 3 , but with the fifth joint of the pedicel very briefly laminate ; 

 prothorax slightly wider than long, slightly ampliate rounded later- 

 ally past the median part, covered like the head with deep, closely 

 set punctures ; scutellum closely punctulate ; elytra parallel, not 

 broader in the posterior part than the prothorax, sculpture and 

 vestiture similar to those of the latter; propygidium aciculate, 

 pygidium sub-remotely punctate, the punctures setigerous ; tarsi 

 very long, claws slender, widely divaricating. 



This species is more parallel (<? ) than any of its congeners. The 

 $ will probably prove to be slightly less parallel. The shape of the 

 clypeus is almost similar to that of A. amoena, Per. (Cat. ii., p. 83). 



Length 5^-6 mm. ; width 2-2i mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Willowmore). 



Sub-Family MELOLONTHIN^. 



Gen. CLITOPA, Erichs., Cat, ii., p. 147. 

 Clitopa debilis, n. sp. 



Male : This species might be taken at first sight for a small 

 example of C. fusciventris, Boh., but it differs by the shape of the 

 clypeus which is slightly more sinuate in the centre, with the sides 



