374 Mr. W. L. Distant on 



lateral margins to sternum and abdomen cretaceous ; a small 

 black spot near base of the elytral fascia. 



Head with a distinct striation from base to apex of front ; 

 antenna fulvous, greyishlj pubescent, a little longer than the 

 body. Pronotum about as broad as long, transversely sulcate 

 near anterior and posterior margins, lateral margins mode- 

 rately convex. Elytra with the humeral angles prominent 

 and their area ornamented with coarse black punctures ; 

 beyond this area the elytra are narrowed, their apices obliquely 

 rounded. A central fascia to sternum and the legs more or 

 less greyishly pubescent. 



Long. 17 millim. 



Bab. Transvaal, Rustenburg {Krantz). 



Alphitopola lapidaria, sp. n. 



Fulvous ; a central fascia to pronotum, narrowed anteriorly 

 and posteriorly, two irregular elongate fascias to each elytron 

 and lateral margins to sternum cretaceous ; a black spot in 

 the centre of the upper elytra! fascia. 



Head with a distinct striation from base to apex of front ; 

 antenna fulvous, greyishly pubescent, a little longer than 

 the body. Pronotum about as broad as long, transversely 

 sulcated near anterior and posterior margins. Elytra with 

 coarse brown punctures at base, humeral angles prominent, 

 apices obliquely rounded. Abdomen beneath greyishly 

 pubescent. 



Long. 18-21 millim. 



Hah. Transvaal, Pretoria {Distant), Lydenburg District 

 [Zutrzeyika) . 



Psathyrus modestuSj sp. n. 



Strongly pilose, head and pronotum castaneous ; elytra 

 dark ochraceous, irregularly streaked with castaneous. 



Head thickly and coarsely punctate, deeply sulcate between 

 the antenniferous tubercles ; antennae shorter than the body, 

 very strongly pilose, basal joint coarsely punctate and rugu- 

 lose, with a tubercle on outer margin a little before apex, 

 second and third joints distinctly nodulose at apex. Pro- 

 notum a little longer than broad, coarsely punctate, rugulose. 

 Elytra elongate, thickly punctate, margins subparallel, 

 apices rounded, marked by apparently four very much broken 

 fascia on each elytron — two discal, the others at suture and 

 lateral margin. Body beneath castaneous, legs dark ochra- 

 ceous. 



Long. 15 millim. 



Bab. Transvaal, Barberton {Dr. P. Rendall). 



