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tlie base, very closely and somewhat rugosely punctured ; tlie breast 

 and legs black, closely pubescent, the abdomen testaceous, the 

 anterior margin of the last segment rather deeply concave. 



9 . Antenna3 simple, the terminal joints slightly widened ; thorax 

 rufous, strongly punctured, the disc Avith three blunt tubercles and 

 preceded by a deep transverse sulcus wliich is anteriorly limited by a 

 strongly-raised ridge. 



Hob. Transvaal. 



The black head, testaceous colour, the transverse 

 depression of the el3'tra and their fine punctuation will 

 distinguish this species from M. ruficollis, Alld., and the 

 other species. 



Pscudolognatha, gen. n. 



Body elongate and parallel, head not longer than broad, frontal 

 elevations transverse, antenna; iiliform, the second joint small, the 

 others nearly equal, of normal structure, thorax transvei'se, sub- 

 quadrate, the surface more or less foveolate, elytra irregularly 

 punctured and granulate, tibias unarmed, metatarsus of the posterior 

 legs as long as the following joints together ; claws appendiculate, 

 the anterior coxal cavities open. 



Type. P. imniaculata, Jac. (sub Megalognatha). 



In comparing this insect Avith a species of McgalognatJia 

 and the type M. degans, Baly, to which it is generically 

 closely allied, there will be found differences sufficient to 

 justify the separation of the two genera. In the present 

 genus, the head is broad, not produced or longer than 

 broad as in Megalognatha, the antennae in the male have 

 no abnormal joints, and the thorax is distinctly transverse; 

 there is also no thickening of the suture near the apex of 

 the elytra as is nearly always the case in the allied genus, 

 nor are the elytra widened and convex at the posterior 

 portion, but the short and deflexed head will form the 

 principal character of separation between the two genera. 



Pscudologn.ailM salisburiensis, sp. u. 



Fulvous, the apical three joints of the antenna; fuscous, thorax 

 transversely subijuadrate, impunctate, elytra metallic blue, extremely 

 minutely granulate and microscopically punctured. 



Length 4 niillim. 



Head impunctate, fulvous, frontal elevations transverse, narrow, 

 labrum black, antennre about half the length of the body, fulvous. 



