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(^. Anterior tarsi rather stout, nigro-setulosc beneath, the claws 

 long, unequal in length, the upper one longer and stouter than the 

 lower one; antennae very little longer than in $. 



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

 those of the other tarsi. 



Hab. S. Africa, Cape Town {F. Purcell), Port Elizabeth 

 (Mvs. Ca]}e Town and type of Pic), Lion'.s Head, Eapen- 

 burg, and Camps Bay {R. E. Turner : viii-x, 1920), Table 

 Mountain {W. Bevins). 



A very elongate, narrow, posteriorly- widened, depressed, 

 sparsely pubescent, subopaque insect; black, with the 

 sutural and outer margins of the elytra, the basal joints 

 of the antennae in part, the anterior and intermediate 

 tibiae, and sometimes the basal margin or hind angles of 

 the prothorax, testaceous; the head long, narrow, sub- 

 rostrate, sulcate down the middle, and finely punctured ; 

 the prothorax long, narrow, deeply trisulcate, closely 

 punctate; the elytra densely, finely punctulate, with 

 prominent outer margins, and the epipleura reaching to 

 the base of the abdomen. Apparently a common species 

 at the Cape. 



22. Pagurodactylus rostralis, n. sp. 



$. Very elongate, depressed, narrow, widening to near the apex, 

 shining, finely pubescent, with longer bristly hairs intermixed; 

 black with a bluish or green lustre in certain lights, the mandibles 

 and a patch at the apex of the elytra testaceous ; the head and 

 prothorax very sparsely, finely, the elytra rugulosely punctured. 

 Head strongly deflexed, very long and narrows rostrate, sulcate 

 between the eyes, the latter rather small and inserted at about the 

 middle of the sides ; antennae short, joints 1 and 2 shoi't, equal. 

 Prothorax longer than broad, narrowed anteriorly, sulcate down 

 the middle (the groove terminating in a transverse depression before 

 the base) and with a deep marginal furrow extending down the 

 basal half. Elytra elongate, much wider than the prothorax, 

 arcuately dilated posteriorly and with the margins explanate from 

 about the middle to near the apex, the epipleura short. 



cj. Anterior tarsi simple, slightly thickened, joints 3 and 4 short, 

 the upper claw very long, the lower claw shorter and more slender 

 and with a narrow free membranous lobe beneath ; terminal ventral 

 segment with a very deep fovea in the middle behind. 



Length (excl. head) 2^-3 mm. 



Hah. S. Africa, Howick, Natal (J. T. Cregoe ; Mus. 

 Cape Town), Pretoria {L. M. Bucknill). 



