336 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on Byrsops, 



Ophryodotus. 



Rostrum modice elongatum, basi angustius ; scrobes supra 

 oculos currentes. Antennae graciles ; articulus basalis funiculo 

 quam ca3teris simul sumpti paulo longior. Prothorax angustus. 

 Elytra triangularia postice modice declivia. Pectus excavatum. 

 Cox33 intermedia? separatae. Abdomen segmento basali ampliato. 

 Pedes mediocres ; tibiae rectae, intermediae et postenores apice 

 extus tri- quadri-spinosae. 



The scrobe passing above the eye is, so far as I know, 

 a character unique. The great length comparatively of 

 the basal joint of the funicle is quite exceptional in this 

 group, and throughout the family it is rarely met with. 

 The corbels of the posterior tibial are only slightly 

 cavernous, while the apex externally is furnished with 

 four short stiff spines, the intermediate tibiae having 

 only three. 



Ophryodotus singularis. (PI. XL, fig. 2). 



O. oblongus, omnino griseo-squamosus ; caput supra oculum 

 utriuque tuberculum magnum obsitum ; rostrum in medio sul- 

 catum ; prothorax ad latera tuberculatus, disco lineis duabus alte 

 elevatis tuberculatis instructo ; elytra seriatim tuberculata, tuber- 

 culi valde insequali ; tarsi breviusculi. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. South Africa. 



A small spinose species with an unusually narrow prothorax. 

 Head convex above, a large triangular tubercle above each eye, 

 the deep hollow between them continuous with the groove on the 

 rostrum ; antennae pale ferruginous, tomentose, the club distinct, 

 large, ovate ; prothorax narrow throughout, prolonged over the 

 head, lobes moderate ocular, on each side a row of three spines, 

 and with two strongly raised lines on the disc crowned with 

 irregular spiniform tubercles, the space between the lines forming 

 a deep groove having a slightly raised line, punctured on each 

 side, in the middle ; scutellum punctiform, covered with a white 

 tomentum ; elytra at the base slightly sloping away to the 

 shoulders, where it is about three times broader than the pro- 

 thorax, thence gradually narrowing to the apex and terminating in 

 two conical slightly diverging tubercles, seriate-punctate, the inter- 

 stices raised, the third and sixth forming two strongly elevated 

 lines, each crowned with a row of mostly large more or less 

 conical tubercles, the inner row only continued to the apex ; body 

 beneath with scattered punctures partly concealed by scales ; 



