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nuiter giiaeo-setulosa. Pygidiuin convexum, miniis crc- 

 bre punctatum, piceo-violaceuni, grisio-pubescens. Cor- 

 pus siibtus convexum, nigrum, passim violaceo-tinctum, 

 grisco-pubescens, pectore lateribus punctato, medio sub- 

 lasvi, canaliculate. Pedes nigro-picei, griseo-setulosi, fe- 

 moribus violaceo-tinctis, externe vage punctatis, tibiis an- 

 ticis serratis, i~dentatis. Vus 



980. Ontiiophagus pedestris (Bun): piceus, tenuitcr gri- 

 seo-pubescens; capita rugoso-punctulato, reflexo-niar- 

 ginato, sub-bicarinato; thoracc confertim punctato, basi 

 obsolete canaliculato; elytris striatis, ruguloso-punctatis; 

 antennis testaceis. — Long. 5A, lat. 3 millim. 

 Habitat juxta fluvium Gariep. 



Caput ante ocuios subsemicircularc, margine rcflexo, 

 supra depressum, piceuni, crebre ruguloso-punctatum, te- 

 nuissime flavogriseo-pubcsccns, vertice callo transverso, 

 carinato, et ante ilium linca elevata, transversa, arcuata, 

 utrinque angulatini versus medium marginis laterum re- 

 currente. Antenntc testaceae, clava pallidiore. Thorax 

 longitudine paullo latior, antice basi angustior, pone me- 

 dium rotundato-ampliatus, apice emarginatus, postice ob- 

 tuse rotundatus, supra niodice convexus, crebre punctatus, 

 in medio laterum utrinque foveola, callo oblongo externe 

 terminata, imprcssus, basi medio longitudiualiter canali- 

 culatus, tot us piceus, tenuiter flavogriseo-pubesccns. Elytra 

 subicqualiter modice ampliata, thorace vix latiora at fere 

 dimidio longiora, antice secundum basin ejusdom cmar- 

 ginata, apice conjunctim obtuse subrotundata, supra pa- 

 rum convcxa, ad apicem transversim, ad huuicrus loiigi- 

 tudinaliter callosa, striata, stria suturali eique proxima 

 basi apiceque profundioribus, reliquis tenuissiuiis, inter- 

 stitiis subtiliter ruguloso-punctatis, granulis minutis sparsis, 

 tota picca, tenuiter flavogriseo-pubcscentia. Pygidiuin 

 paruni convexum, remote [►unctatum, griseo-pubescens, 

 concolor. Corpus subtus convexum, piceiun, nitidum, 



