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somewhat larger, ninth larger than the preceding one, little transverse, 

 tenth of the same shape but about twice as large, eleventh ovate, a little 

 elongate and acuminate ; prothorax slightly longer but narrower than 

 the head, cordate, lateral foveas strong, median one smaller, trans- 

 verse sulcus slender but well defined and angular ; elytra longer than 

 broad, shoulders oblique, well marked, dorsal stria strong but stop- 

 ping before the median part ; metasternum convex ; last ventral 

 segment hardly impressed transversely. Male. Length 1-30 mm. 



This species will be easily and at once distinguished by the shape 

 of the head. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth). 



Gen. EUPLECTUS, Leach., 

 Catal., p. 53. 



EuPLECTUS TUBERCULICEPS, 



Plate XVIII. , figs. 4 and 5. 



Elongate, narrow, rufous; elytra, antennae, and legs a little paler, 

 pubescence very short, scarce and decumbent ; head large, flat, little 

 longer than broad, a little attenuate in front, sides oblique, between 

 the eyes posteriorly, are two foveae not as distant from each other as 

 they are from the eyes, with a very blunt tubercle between them, two 

 sulci slightly arcuate and not connected in front ; antennse slender, 

 club very little distinct, first joint a little elongate, second ovate, both 

 larger than the others, third to tenth moniliform, ninth and tenth a 

 little more transverse and faintly larger, eleventh large, ovate ; pro- 

 thorax longer than broad, hardly longer and broader than the head, 

 more attenuate in front than behind, sides rounded in the middle and 

 posteriorly bi-sinuate but not dentate, lateral fovese strong, median 

 one smaller, those three foveae connected by a strong, not much 

 angulated, transverse sulcus, discal fovea strong, sulciform ; elytra 

 quadrate, but longer than broad, discoidal sulcus strong, not longer 

 than the third part ; fourth dorsal segment larger than the third ; 

 metasternum convex ; fifth ventral segment shorter than the fourth, 

 sixth of nearly the same size as the fourth, arcuately emarginate, 

 seventh large, triangular, obtuse at the apex with a carina a little 

 arcuate and asymetric. Male. Length 1"60 mm. 



This species differs from all the other African ones by its more 

 slender body, the sculpture of the head, and the absence of a spine 

 on the sides of the prothorax behind the lateral fovea. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth). 



