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nito; prima in callo liumciali, sulM'otnnda, altera non 

 procul a basi et sutura, elongata , testaceis, binis ver- 

 sus apicem prope suturam, inajoribus, rotundis, longi- 

 tudiiialiter positis, anterlore interdum deficiente fascia- 

 (jue niox pone medium anqusta, flexuosa, quasi e ma- 

 culis 3 vel 4 composita, flavescentibus. Corpus subtus 

 piceum, magis nitidum, sat crebre punctulatum, parce 

 pubescens. Pedes picei, confertim rugoso-punctati , gri- 

 seo-villosi; tarsis anguslis, subtus brunneo-spongiosis. 



Ohn. 



551. IIydnocera (Newman) ptmctipennis: ol)longo-qua- 

 drata, minus convexa, nigro-ienea, nitida, parce albo- 

 villosa,- antennis basi, palpis tarsisqiie (lavo-testaceis; 

 capite magno, subtiliter, subiemote punclulato; protbo- 

 race brevi, obsolete pnnctato, antice transversim im- 

 presso, post ice angustato- elytris profunde, crebre et 

 vage punctalis. Long. 4 — 41, lat. 1 — 1^ millim. 



Var. a. pedibus anticis fere totis, tibiis posterioribus 

 tarsisque flavo-testaceis. 



Habitat in Caffraria tota. 



Caput magnum, longitudine latins, subrotundatum, 

 nigro-irneum, nitidum, parce albido-villosum, supra mo- 

 dice convexum; mandibulis palpisque flavo-testaceis; ocu- 

 lis sat niagnis, ovatis, convexis, nigris. Antennce protbo- 

 race vix longiores, tenues, flavo-testace.-e, parce pube- 

 scentcs, aiticulo ultimo rotundato, acuminate, obscuriore. 

 Prothorax hititndine fere dimidio brevior, nigro-oeneus, 

 nitidus, obsolete, minus crebre punctulatus, parce albido- 

 villosus, antice truncatus, capite angustior, pone medium 

 citius anguslatus, postice truncatus, lenue reflexo-margi- 

 natus, supra parum convexns, intra apicem transversim 

 impressus. Scutcllum subtiiangnlare, dense albo-pube- 

 scens. Ellylra oblongo-qnadrata, proiborace fere triple 

 longiora el ejus basi dnplo laliora, nigro-acnea, nitida, 



