370 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



head in front and at the sides behind the eyes, the basal joints of 

 the antennae, the prothorax, the outer margins of the elytra, and the 

 legs (the bases of the posterior femora excepted ) testaceous or rufo- 

 tcstaceous. Head rather small, much narrower than the prothorax, 

 closely, finely punctate, the eyes small; antennae short, slender, 

 subserrate. Prothorax convex, nearly as long as broad, najrowed 

 anteriorly and also narrowed towards the base, very sparsely, 

 minutely punctate, the lateral margins explanate in their basal half. 

 Elytra much wider than the prothorax, widened posteriorly, rounded 

 at the tip; densely, rather coarsely punctured. Anterior tarsi 

 slender, simple. 



cJ. Head iai-ger, longer, and more convex, nearly as wide as the 

 prothorax, the eyes larger, prominent ; antennae stouter, elongate, 

 joints 1-4 and the extreme bases of the others testaceous, 5-10 

 elongate triangular; anterior tarsi (fig. 1) thickened, sparsely nigro- 

 setulose beneath, joint 2 produced into a strong tooth at the apex 

 within, the upjier claw extremely long and stout, the lower one much 

 shorter and slender. 



Length 3-3^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Freie and Estcourfc, Natal {Dr. Marslmll : 

 i, 1893; iii, 1896; HaviJand, in Mns. Cape Toivn). 



Ten examples seen, including four J(^. Separable from 

 P. vitticeps, Crorh., by the rufo-testaceou,s elytral margins, 

 prothorax, legs, and basal joints of the antennae; the 

 longer, smoother, convex prothorax; the (J with a larger 

 head, long antennae, and the upper claw of the front tarsi 

 extremely long and stout. 



2. Pagurodactyliis vitticeps. 



(J. Pagiirodacli/lvs vitticeps Gorh., Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (7), V," p. 79 (1900). 



cJ. Anterior tarsi thickened, joints 2 and 5 sparsely nigro-setulose 

 beneath, the ujjper claw very long, longer and stouter than the lower 

 one ; antennae long, joints 4-10 elongate triangular. 



$. Anterior tarsi slender, the claws shorter, equal, similar to the 

 others; antemiae short, more slender, joints 4-10 about as long as 

 broad. 



Hah. S. Africa, Estcourt, Natal {Mus. Brit., Mus. Cape 

 Town). 



The twelve specime]is of this species before me include 

 three $$, the q only having been known to Gorham. An 

 elongate, narrow, shining, brassy-black, hirsute insect, with 



