22 Mr. M. Jacoby's Bescri^dions. of New Genera and 



elytra with regular rows of fine punctures, the interstices extremely 

 minutely punctured. Length 3 millim. 



Head impunctate, reddish fulvous, the clypeus very broad, antennae 

 extending a little beyond the base of the elytra, robust, the second, 

 third and fourth joint small, equal, tJie following ones strongly 

 thickened, blackish (sometimes fulvous) thorax twice as broad as 

 long, the sides rather strongly rounded before the middle, rather 

 constricted at the base, the disc not perceptibly punctured, the base 

 with a short but distinct perpendicular groove at each side ; elytra 

 paler than the thorax, with very fine but regular rows of punctures, 

 about 10 on each elytron, under-side and legs fulvous. 



Hah. DuNBRODY, Cape Colony {Rev. O'Ncil), also 

 Grahamstown. 



In all the specimens before me, the head and thorax is 

 of darker colour than the elytra ; this character and their 

 fine and regular punctuation in connection with the nearly 

 impunctate thorax will help in the recognition of the 

 species. 



EuPLECNEMA, gen. n. 



Subelongate apterous, antenn;je filiform, head with oblique grooves, 

 frontal elevations absent, thorax transversely subquadrate, the lateral 

 margins feebly but regularly rounded, the anterior angles slightly 

 oblique, scutellum broader than long ; elytra rather depressed, punc- 

 tate-striate and finely pubescent ; posterior femora strongly incrassate, 

 the tibiae non emarginate at apex but sulcate, with a small spine, 

 anterior tibiaj likewise armed with a very small tooth, the metatarsus 

 of the posterior legs as long as the following joints together, claws 

 appendiculate, metasternum very elongate, prosternum narrow and 

 elongate, the anterior coxal cavities closed. 



The small species for which this genus is proposed is 

 closely allied to ChcViocnema in which it cannot be included 

 on account of the absence of wings and the simple non- 

 emarginate tibii3e ; the sculpture and the very fine elytral 

 pubescence resemble that of the genus JEjjitrix, the first 

 abdominal seg-ment is not longer than the others and not 

 united to the second as in Chwtocnema. 



Euplecncma nigrita, sp. n. (Plate III, fig. 4.) 



Black, the antennaj (the last joints excepted) and the legs flavous, 

 posterior femora black, thorax very closely and strongly punctured, 

 elytra closely punctate-striate, the interstices finely pubescent. 

 Length 1-1^ millim. 



