and some allied genera. 337 



femora slightly thickened in the middle ; tarsi with a few long 

 black sets. 



Pezekpes. 

 Rostrum difforme ; scrobes laterales, ad partem anteriorem 

 oculi attingentes ; scapus antennarum valde clavatus ; funiculus 

 articulo basali elongato ; clava magna ; prothorax oblongus ; elytra 

 prothorace latiora ; pectus antice excavatum ; abdomen segmentis 

 duobus basalibus ampliatis, sutura invisa ; coxae anticie separatsc ; 

 femora tibiacque incrassatas ; tarsi exigui ; sutura prima abdominis 

 invisa. 



In technical characters this genus conies very near 

 Synthocus, although very different in facies, but the 

 scrobe not passing beneath the eye at once distinguishes 

 it. The smallness of the tarsi and the stout femora 

 and tibiae are very noticeable. The first and second 

 abdominal segments show no trace of a suture between 

 them. 



Pezerpes rugosus. (PI. XL, fig. 3). 



P. angustus, oblongus, supra nodosus et tuberculatus, tomento 

 griseo tectus ; caput supra oculos tuberculis duobus validis in- 

 structum ; prothorax profunde sulcatus ; elytra subseriatim tuber- 

 culata, apice late rotundata. Long. 2 lin. 



Ilab. South Africa. 



A small narrowly oblong species covered with a pale brownish 

 tomentum, knotted and tuberculate above. Head with two large 

 elevated tubercles above the eyes ; rostrum gibbous, deeply 

 grooved in the middle ; antennas testaceous, basal joint of the 

 funicle not so long as the rest together; club stout, ovate; pro- 

 thorax longer than broad, two elevated lines crowned with tubercles 

 in the middle, with a deep groove between them, a large and a 

 smaller tubercle on each side ; elytra nearly twice as broad as the 

 prothorax, broadly rounded at the apex, each with four unequal 

 rows of tubercles, the tubercles mostly cylindrical, the largest 

 posterior, between them closely punctured ; femora and tibiae 

 closely covered with a greyish tomentum ; tarsi ferruginous, naked. 



EURYXENA. 

 Rostrum mediocre. Antennas breves, articulo basali funiculi 

 crassiore. Prothorax trausversus. Elytra brevia, planata, postice 

 abrupta declivia. Pectus profunde excavatum. Mesosternum 

 latum, antice truncatum. Pedes mediocres ; femora paulo in- 

 crassata ; tibiae intus apice ealcaratae ; tarsi graciles. 



