the Dasyiinae of South Africa. 385 



1. Dasytophasis capicola, ii. sp. 

 Dasyiophasis capicola Peringiiey, in litt. 



(J. Elongate, very nairoAv, slightly widened posteriorly, clothed 

 with fine scattered pubescence intermixed watli very long erect 

 hairs, these latter extending to the tibiae also, the antennae (in 

 fresh specimens) pilose ; brilliant brassy-black or aeneo-piceous, 

 joints 1-5 (or 1 and 2 only) in part testaceous, the legs sometimes 

 fuscous; the head and prothorax very sparsely punctured, the 

 latter rugiilose at the sides ; the elj^tra very coarsely closely punctate 

 from a little below the base to just beyond the middle, the rest of 

 their surface much smoother. Head about as long as the prothorax 

 and (with the eyes) of the same v.idth, foveate or canaliculate on 

 the vertex; antennae (fig. 3) very long, slender, joint 2 small, 

 short, 3 and 4 a little longer, 5 crescentiform, the umer horn of the 

 crescent produced into a long curved tooth, 6 at the apex angularly 

 extended inwards into a still longer, almost straight tooth, 7-11 

 very elongate. Prothorax as long as or a little longer than broad, 

 narrowed towards the base and apex, convex, the basal margin 

 reflexed. Elytra very long, much Avider than the prothorax, 

 rounded at the apex ; epipleura very short, without dividing ridge. 

 Terminal ventral segment excavate down the middle. 



$. Antennae short, slender, joints 6--10 subequal in length. 



Length 2-3 mm. 



Hah. tS. Africa, Cape Town and Stellenboscli {Raffray 

 and Purcell, in Mus. Cape Town), Camps Bay [type] 

 {Dr. Marshall: viii, 1905; R. E. Turner: ix, x, 1920), 

 Lion's Head, Ceres {R. E. Turner : viii, x, 1920). 



Numerous examples seen, including six males varying 

 considerably in size. The $ is extremely like the same sex 

 of Pagurodactylus {AitaVus) lugens Gorh., from which it 

 may be separated by the unequally punctured elytra and 

 tlie relatively longer basal joint of the anterior tarsi. 



2. Dasytophasis albofasciatus. 



$. Attains {?) albofasciatus Gorh., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (5) vii, p. 356 (1901). 



^. Antennae moderately long, slender, joint 5 produced into a 

 curved tooth at the apex within; anterior tarsi slender, simple, the 

 claws small, equal. 



9- Antennae shorter, simple. 



Hah. S. Africa, Malvern, Natal, 



