84 Transactions South African Philosophical Society. [vou, Xt. 
In spite of the great distance separating the two recorded habitats. 
of this species, the specimens are absolutely alike, and the genital 
armature similar. 
ABLABERA MATABELENA, N. Spec. 
Closely allied in so far as the general facies goes, with P. amoena, 
but the colour is redder, the head is not infuscate, the clypeus is. 
plainly sinuate laterally, the outer angles do not project in the male, 
and the anterior margin is only slightly sinuate, it thus resembles. 
much the clypeus of the female of P. amoena, but it is sinuate only, 
not deeply incised laterally ; the elytra have a faint trace of dorsal 
costule ; the inner spur of the anterior tibie is straight, and the 
inner claw of the anterior tarsi is not cleft. 
Length 9 mm. ; width 43 mm. 
Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Buluwayo). 
ABLABERA FUSCIPENNIS, Blanch., 
Cat. Coll. Ent., 1850, p. 101. 
A. infuscata, Bl., loc. cit., p. 101. 
Head, prothorax, and under side black, scutellum fuscous ; elytra. 
light or dark chestnut, pedicel of antenne flavous, upper part of 
club infuscate in both sexes; clypeus more sharply narrowed 
laterally in the male than in the female, not incised or deeply sinuate 
in the anterior part, but with the outer angles sub-acuminate and 
slightly projecting outwardly, anterior margin almost straight, but 
with the median part very slightly projecting ; in the female the 
clypeus is not deeply incised laterally near the anterior part, the 
angles are moderately sharp but not projecting, and the anterior 
margin is straight, both head and clypeus are very closely punctured ; 
prothorax covered with round, equi-distant, somewhat deep and not. 
very closely set punctures; scutellum punctate; elytra parallel in 
the male, slightly ampliated towards the posterior part in the female, 
deeply punctate, the punctures equi-distant as on the prothorax and 
of nearly the same size, dorsal costules very slightly indicated ; 
inner spur of the anterior tibia strongly curved outwardly at tip: 
in the male. 
Length 8-9 mm.; width 4-5 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). 
ABLABERA HOPEIANA, Nl. spec. 
Totally chestnut-red, with the frontal part of the head slightly 
fuscous ; pedicel of antenne rufescent, club infuscate; clypeus as. 
