species of Galeracidcs. 103 



for the insect : the Cape Town specimen agrees entirely with the 

 type in the Banks' collection, which must find its place in a new 

 genus allied to Riipilia and allied genera. 



The original specific name of ruficoUls, altered by von Harold 

 to erytlirodera, can therefore be restored, although the thorax in 

 the type, and in my specimen, is more flavous than rufous. The 

 following is the diagnosis of the genus, and the description of 

 the species : — 



PsEUDORUPiLiA, n. gen. 



Body ovate, dilated posteriorly ; head very broad, not narrowed in 

 front ; eyes rather small ; palpi slender, the apical two joints elongate ; 

 antennae subfiliform ; thorax transverse, the sides rounded, the middle of 

 the anterior and posterior margin constricted ; scutelhim large ; elytra 

 shorter than the body, their epipleurcC very broad anteriorly, entirely dis- 

 appearing below the middle; legs robust; tibi* with their outer edge raised 

 in shape of a ridge, unarmed, the first joint of the posterior tarsi as long as 

 the following two joints together ; claws appendiculate ; prosternum 

 invisible between the coxae ; metasternum short, the anterior coxal cavities 

 open. 



This genus bears a great resemblance to the Australian 

 genus Riqnlia, but is distinguished by the more slender antennae, 

 the want of the elytral epipleurge below the middle, which in 

 Rupilia extend to the apex, and by the appendiculate claws, 



Ps EUDORUPiLiA RUFicoLLis, Fahr. 



Flavous ; the head, antennae, scutellum, the legs, sides of the breast, and 

 the base of the abdominal segments, black ; thorax and elytra finely punc- 

 tured. Length, 2^ lines. 



Head broad and robust, black, impunctate, transversely grooved between 

 the eyes, the fi'ontal elevations trigonate, nearly contiguous ; clypeus trans- 

 versely raised ; labrum flavous ; mandibles robust and elongate ; antennae 

 black, the first joint short and thick, the second very short, the third and 

 foiu-th joints as long as the first, the following four joints, shorter, the rest 

 broken off; thorax twice as broad as long, constricted at the middle, the sides 

 strongly rounded, the anterior angles distinct, the posterior ones obsolete, 

 the surface very minutely punctured, flavous, the middle of the disc stained 

 with fulvous ; scutellum broader than long, black ; elytra widened posteriorly, 

 their apex broadly rounded, the surface finely punctured and wrinkled ; 

 under side flavous ; the sides of the breast, the legs, and a transverse band 

 at the base of each abdominal segment, black. 



Hah. South Africa, Cape Town (St. Helena ?). 



