Coleoptera from the Transvaal. 375 



Psaihyrus h'neatus, sp. n. 



Head and pronotum dark castaneous, thickly covered with 

 greyish pubescence ; elytra greyish pubescent, each elytron 

 with three longitudinal pale castaneous f'ascia3 extending from 

 base to apex. 



Head triangular from eyes, with a slight central longitu- 

 dinal ridge, sulcate between antenniterous tubercles ; antenuse 

 castaneous, longly pilose, longer than the body, basal joint 

 very short and thickened. Pronotum longer than broad, 

 lateral margins convexly deflexed, subparallel, a slight central 

 dorsal ridge. Elytra very elongate, narrowed towards apex, 

 apices subangulate. Abdomen beneath and legs dark casta- 

 neous, greyishly pubescent. 



Long. 15 millim. 



Uab. Transvaal, Pienaars River (Thomsen). 



Eumimetes harhertoni, sp. n. 



Dull brownish, more or less griseously pubescent. 



Head very widely sulcate between antenniferous tubercles, 

 front truncate ; antennoe about as long as the body, second 

 joint about one third the length of the first, fourth and suc- 

 ceeding joints with their bases griseous. Pronotum about as 

 long or a little longer than broad, griseously pubescent, ante- 

 rior half coarsely punctate, posterior halt with three blunt 

 obscure tubercles, lateral areas sparingly coarsely punctate. 

 Elytra wide at humeral angles, narrowed to apices, which ai-e 

 obliquely rounded, coarsely punctate, especially on anterior 

 half, three tufts or hairy tubercles on each elytron situate on 

 posterior half, griseously pubescent, but much less so at apical 

 area. Body beneath and legs griseously pubescent, with 

 brown punctures. 



Long. 11 millim.; lat. hum. angl. 5 millim. 



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



Crossotus cethiopSy sp. n. 



Dull greyish, base of elytra brownish, tomentose. 



Head with three narrow blackish striaB, broad, short, front 

 narrowly but deeply sulcate. Antennge shorter than the 

 body, robust, longly pilose beneath, apical joints sparingly 

 pilose. Pronotum about as long as broad, armed with eight 

 strong tubercles, of which four are discal, and two on each 

 lateral margin, one of the last being long and spinous ; 

 thickly pubescent, strongly transversely sulcated before ante- 

 rior and posterior margins. Elytra broad at base, the humeral 



