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rotnndata, latei ihus ultra medium recfa, dein apicem ver- 

 sus^ angiislata, a pice conjunctim rotnndata, Immeris non 

 elevatis, rotundatis. Corpus subtus rufo-piceuni, nitidum, 

 mcdiocriter, crebre punctatum, brcviter fusco-pubescens. 

 Pedes dilute rufo-ferruginei, confertim punctulati, parce 

 fusco-pubescentes. n 



422. EucNEMis contractus: oblongus, paullo convex us, 

 nigro-piceus, parum nitidus, parce, breviier fusco-pu- 

 bescens; antennis, palpis pedibusque dilute rufo-ferru- 

 gineis; capite prothoraceque subtiliter, sat crebre pun- 

 ctatis, boc postice profunde bisinuato; elytris profunde 

 punctato-striatis, interstitiis convexis, subtiliter, crebre 

 punctulatis. Long. 6 — 7, lat. 2| — 2| millim. 



Habitat in terra Natalensi. 



Statura omnino proecedentis, dimidio fere minor. 

 Caput sat magnum, nigro-piceum, parum nitidum, sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punclulalum, parce fusco-pubescens, supra 

 paullo convexum, apice rotundatum; palpis dilute rufo- 

 ferrugineis; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, nigris, nitidis, 

 la^vibus. Antennae capite cum prothorace nonnibil bre- 

 viores, svd^tenues, dilute rufo-ferrugineoe, pubescentes. 

 Prothorax latiludine paullo brevior, nigro-piceus, parum 

 nitidus, paice fusco-pubescens, supra convexiusculus, sat 

 crebre sujjtiliterque punctatus, antice leviter rotundato- 

 ernarginatus, angulis antrorsum hand prominulis, obtusis; 

 lateribus mox pone apicem nonnibil rotundato-ampliatus, 

 dein versus basin sensim oblique ampliatus, postice utrin- 

 que sat profvmde sinuatus, lobo medio parum elevato, 

 apice truncato, angulis retrorsum prominulis, acuminatis. 

 Scutellum ovatum, nigro-piceum, subopacum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum, fusco-pubescens. Elytra prothorace duple 

 longiora et ejus basi nonnibil angustiora, nigra, parum 

 nitida, parce fusco-pubescentia, supra convcxiuscula, sat 

 profunde striata, striis in fundo mediocriter punctatis. 



