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inwardly into an angle or even a sharp tooth at its junction with 
the second joint which is short, sub-moniliform, the basal one is 
short and thick ; prothorax hardly ampliated laterally in the middle 
if seen from above, and with both the anterior and posterior angles 
rounded ; scutellum ogival; elytra cylindrical, slightly callose at the 
shoulders, not at the apex, slightly costulate, covering the pro- 
pygidium; apical part of the broad pygidium somewhat drawn 
forward ; abdominal segments free, the basal one obliterated ; meta- 
sternum very long; legs moderately robust, tarsi long; anterior 
tibiz bi-dentate outwardly, and having a very long, slender inner 
spur, posterior ones with a plain, oblique ridge, apical spurs very 
long and slender; claws slender and simple. 
Key to the Species. 
Inner joint of antennal club of male as long as the joint following ; 
third joint of pedicel sharply aculeate at the base .. .. .. .. ..  Lightfooti. 
Inner joint of antennal club of male not so long as the joint following ; 
third joint of pedicel not aculeate See eek ice ew aN dad> Roe Jucenents: 
TULBAGHIA LIGHTFOOTI, n. spec. 
Head and prothorax dark chestnut, the elytra, pygidium, under 
side and legs lighter chestnut-brown, antenne of the male also 
chestnut-brown ; clypeus semi-circular in front and without traces 
of anterior angles, sub-sinuate laterally, deeply hollowed in the 
anterior part and having a short median tubercle, more deeply 
punctured in the posterior than in the anterior part and with the 
suture dividing it from the forehead broad and smooth; forehead 
plane, closely punctulate; prothorax sub-parallel laterally, only 
slightly obliquely narrowed in the anterior and posterior parts, 
and with the two angles equally rounded, rather plane, fringed 
with long, somewhat dense hairs, and covered with deep some- 
what irregularly disposed punctures; scutellum punctulate late- 
rally; elytra sub-cylindrical, but not much convex, closely and 
somewhat deeply pitted, and with the two dorsal costules distinct, 
outer margin fringed with somewhat long hairs; pygidium closely 
punctate and pubescent in the apical part; the closely punctured 
abdomen, pectus, and femora have a long but not very dense flaves- 
cent pubescence. 
Length 11 mm.; width 5 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Tulbagh). 
This species is not unlike a Pachypod in general appearance. 
