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of similar hairs, and all the segments are very closely punctured ; 
the pectus is very densely pubescent, the pubescence is long and 
flavescent ; anterior tibiz tri-dentate outwardly, basal tooth distinct 
but not deeply incised, no inner spur, tarsi of intermediate legs 
as long as the tibia or even a little longer. 
Female: Of a more massive build than the male; head and pro- 
thorax black, elytra chestnut-red, legs piceous, abdomen and pectus 
reddish; clypeus strongly arcuate in front almost from the base, 
suture deep, transverse ; prothorax of the same shape as the male, 
but covered on the discoidal part with irregularly set foveate punc- 
tures, and smaller and more closely set ones along the sides, in 
the centre of the anterior part there is a narrow, shallow groove ; 
scutellum sculptured as in the male but much more broadly rounded 
at the apex; elytra much more dilated laterally from near the 
humeral part, much more coarsely punctured, more coriaceous 
and with the dorsal striz more distinct; propygidium, pygidium, 
and abdomen clothed with greyish hairs as in the male, the 
pubescence is very much less dense and shorter on the pectus; 
the tarsi of the intermediate and hind legs are only half the length 
of the tibia, the tri-jointed club of the antenne is thick, and about 
half the length of all the other joints taken together, the sixth and 
seventh joints are nodose, the eighth broadly dilated at the tip ; the 
abdomen is very convex. 
Length 194-234 mm.; width 103-134 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Cradock, Barkly West). 
AXGOSTETHA LONGICORNIS, Fabric., 
Ent. Syst., i., 2, p. 160. 
Male: Black, with the elytra brownish-red, legs black; antennz 
and palpi chestnut-red; upper side glabrous except for a fringe 
of flavescent hairs along the base; clypeus sub-orbicular, with 
no outer angles, and with the anterior margin very slightly 
reflexed, plane, having an extremely faint, very often nearly 
obliterated clypeal suture, closely and somewhat roughly punc- 
tured like the head; prothorax strongly narrowed obliquely 
laterally from slightly past the median part to the apex, and 
sinuate from beyond the middle towards the basal angle which 
is sharp, broader at the base than at the median part, deeply and 
closely punctured, and having a median longitudinal groove-like 
impression in the anterior part; scutellum deeply punctured ; 
elytra sub-parallel and having on each side two somewhat faint 
costules, covered with deep, slightly irregular punctures separated 
