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subnitidiim, subtiliter, crebie puiictulatum, hclvolo-pilo- 

 SLim. Elytra prothorace tiiplo loiigiora at basl ejus liaud 

 latioia, convexa, pioea, subnitida, tenuiter gi-isco-sericea, 

 subtiliter, sat crebre punctulata, singulo ad sutuiara pa- 

 rum profunde bi-striata, prseterea pone medium striis 

 2 vel 3 obsoletioribus; antice singulatim leviter rotun- 

 dato-producta, lateribus longe ultra medium recta, dein 

 sensiin angnstata, apice conjunctim rotundata; liumeris 

 vix elevatis. Corpus subtus ferrugineum, parum nitidum, 

 tenuiter brunneo-sericeum, subtiliter, crebre punctulatum. 

 Pedes ferruginei, subtilissiine, crebre punctulati, brunneo- 



pubescentes. _ 



^ Bhn. 



640. Trinodes (Megerle) villosus: ovatus, subdepressus, 

 piceus, nitidus, fusco-liirtusj labro, antennis pcdibus- 

 que flavo-testaceis; elytris crebre, subtiliter punctulatis, 

 sutura apiceque testaceis. Long. i\, lat. 1 millim. 



Habitat in terra Natalensi. 



T. hirto simillitnus; elytris crebrius punctulatis, ab- 

 ler coloratis, ab illo distinctus. Caput obtusum, defle- 

 xum, supra parum convexum, piceum, nitidum, obsolete 

 punctulatum, parce pilosum; labro palpisque flavo-testa- 

 ceis; oculis rolundatis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennae 

 longitudine protlioracis, flavo-testacece, parce pubescentes. 

 Prothorax latiludine fere duplo brevior, piceus, subniti- 

 dus, parce, ad latera densius, fusco-pilosus, supra paullo 

 convexus, subtiliter, crebre punctulatus, antice- fruncatus, 

 lateribus ab apice ad basin oblique ampliatus, po- 

 stice utrinque leviter sinuatus, angulis fere rectis, intra 

 basin et ad latera longitudinaliter impressus. Scntellura 

 mediocre, triangulare, piceum, subnitidum, crebre pun- 

 ctulatum. Elytra ovata, paullo convexa, prothorace fere 

 triplo longiora at basi ejus baud latiora, picea, nitida, 

 fusco-pilosa, sutura tenuiter apiceque latius rufo-testacea, 

 subtiliter, crebre punctulata, antice truncata, lateribus 



