394 Mr. G. C. Cliampion on 



acuminate at the apex, without definite epipleura. Legs slender; 

 tarsal claws small, equal, each with a membranous expansion 

 beneath extending to near the tip. 

 Length 3^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa {type of Pic), Grahamstown (ex coll. Fry). 



The above description is taken from two $$ in the Fry 

 collection. According to Pic, D. luteojmbens should have 

 a subquadrate prothorax and the pubescence on the disc 

 arranged in a transverse V-shaped line ; otherwise the 

 brief diagnosis given by him accords with the insect before 

 me. The small prothorax, long elytra, fine pubescence, 

 and slender legs give it the facies of a Dasytiscus, Listrus, 

 or Danacaea, 



15. Dasytes slellatus, n. sp. 



Rather convex, short, widened posteriorly, shining, clothed with 

 long, fine, erect or semierect hairs; nigro-piceous, the labruni, 

 basal joints of the antennae (1 excepted), basal margin of the pro- 

 thorax in one specimen, and two transverse fasciae on the elytra 

 (one before the middle and the other subapical, neither reaching 

 the suture or outer margin), testaceous, the tarsi obscui'e testaceous ; 

 the head and prothorax very sparsely, finely, the elytra more 

 closely, coarsely, punctate, the punctures on the latter angulate 

 or stellate and in one specimen subseriately arranged anteriorly, the 

 interspaces almost smooth. Head short, much narrower than the 

 prothorax, the eyes rather prominent; antennae rather short, 

 joint 3 narrow, 4-11 widened, 4 and 5 triangular, 6-10 strongly 

 transverse, 11 ovate. Prothorax convex, broad, transverse, 

 rounded at the sides, narroAved anteriorly, the basal margin raised. 

 Elytra at the base slightly wider than the prothorax, widening to 

 near the apex, the ajjex itself rounded. Legs slender ; tarsi simple, 

 the claws equal, without appendages beneath, a little widened at 

 the base. 



Length 2 mm. (9 ?). 



Hab. S. Africa, Malvern, Natal {Mus. Durban and Mus. 

 Cape Town : 15, viii, 1902). 



Three specimens. A very small, shining, hairy, rather 

 convex, black insect, with bifasciate, rather coarsely 

 stellato-punctate elytra, a short prothorax, slender legs, 

 and non-appendiculate tarsal claws. The apical joint of 

 the maxillary palpi is slender, fusiform. Till the sexes 

 are identified, it must remain under Dasytes, a genus at 

 present including many heterogeneous forms. 



