1897.] of tlie Colcoptera of South Africa. 121 



together, fourth joint rugose, setose, clavate at tip, truncate and 

 shghtly sinuate outwardly ; prothorax hardly longer than the head, 

 transverse ; elytra very minutely shagreened and punctulate, a little 

 broader than long, apical margin straight and simple, external 

 angles long, setose, sutural stria entire, triplicate at base ; abdomen 

 longer than the elytra and a little broader at base, first dorsal 

 segment very much excavated transversely at base, the excavation 

 carinate on each side and fasciculate, lateral margin broader at base 

 and slightly incised externally, narrowed at tip ; second segment 

 conspicuous, transverse, and having a minute tubercle on each side 

 of the base, third segment longer than the others, apex elongate and 

 curving upwards ; legs of moderate size, simple, somewhat elongate 

 and setose. Female. Length 2-50 mm. 



This species is a very singular one. The only example known is 

 a female, and the darker patch of the apical part of the abdomen, 

 mentioned by Mr. Peringuey in his description, is caused by the 

 dried-up ovaries which are seen through the transparency of the 

 teguments ; a case occurring often in all light-coloured Pselaphiche. 

 I presume that the recurved protuberance of the last dorsal 

 abdominal segment is also a characteristic of the female. 



Hab. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



POSTSCRIPT. 



[The species described below belongs to the genus Dalmina, 

 Eafir. See page 78.] 



Dalmina elizabethana. 

 Oblong, moderately thick, bright red with the last joint of antennae 

 lighter in colour, and covered with a short, depressed, pallid pubes- 

 cence ; head longer than broad, slightly attenuate in front, and 

 having between the eyes two large foveae and two sulci slightly 

 arcuate and joined in the anterior part ; antennae with long setae 

 little elongate, first joint short, thick, second a little shorter, quad- 

 rate, third narrower by nearly half and a little longer than broad, 

 fourth scarcely longer but nearly twice as broad, irregularly trans- 

 verse and slightly produced inwardly, fifth large, irregularly trans- 

 verse, with the internal basal angle produced underneath and 

 mucronate, sixth much smaller than the fourth and transverse, 

 seventh equal in width to the preceding one, but longer and less trans- 

 verse, eighth similar to the sixth, sixth, seventh, and eighth joints 

 slightly produced inwardly, ninth and tenth hardly smaller than the 



