152 M. Louis Peringuey on new genera and species of 



sub-parallel, smooth ; femora and tibite thick, flattened, posterior 

 tibiffi very broadly dilated. Length 6, width 2 mm. 



Eah. Natal (Frere). 



Belongs to the group of P. ruber, P. cucullatus, etc. The 

 club of the antenuaj is not so broadly scooped out in the 

 outer margin as in P. cucullatus, nor is it so much curved 

 outwardly ; the upper part is not impressed between the 

 inner and posterior margins, and the former is nearly 

 straight, not curved, nor is the space between the 

 two margins as broad as in either of the above-named 

 species. 



P. harheri, n. sp. 



Reddish-brown, with very short pubescence all over ; head with 

 two median carinse aculeate in front and overlapping the point 

 of insertion of antennae, these two ridges slightly diverging from 

 the middle of the vertex and having a narrow groove between, 

 ceasing abruptly above the neck, which is very short and not con- 

 stricted ; penultimate joint of antennte quadrate, very thick, club 

 moderately long, not compressed, deeply sinuate in the inner part 

 which, like the rounded apical part, is acutely marginate, outer 

 part also sinuate and having ou the margin four very distinct teeth 

 bearing several very short setae, while the apical angle is developed 

 into a long, broad, blunt spur, the inner part of which curves so as 

 to form a short tooth corresponding to a similar tooth situated on 

 the opposite part of the base of the club ; the joints of the antennae 

 are covered with closely set, very short, squamiform hairs; pro- 

 thorax bi-pai'tite, the anterior part in the shape of a ridge slightly 

 grooved in the centre, posterior part as broad as the anterior, with 

 a broad median depression nearly reaching the base, two pubescent 

 patches on the transverse impression ; elytra sub-parallel, covered 

 with very short, closely set hairs, apparently thicker than those on 

 the prothorax, and without punctures ; pygidium thickly pubescent 

 and with a fringe of long, thickly set, yellowish hairs ; anterior 

 and intermediate femora and tibi;e slender, posterior femora and 

 tibife dilated and compressed. Length 9, width 3| mm. 



Eah. Natal (Durban). 



No known ally ; the nearest approach to the shape of 

 the antennal club is in P. bicolor, Raffr., from the Andaman 

 Islands, but the incised portion at the inner part of the 

 base is absent in that species. 



