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Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Zambesi River); Damaraland (Oma- 
ruru); Ovampoland (Omrramba); Transvaal (Pienaar’s River) ; 
Bechuanaland (Kuruman). 
I have found by examination of the sexual characters of the types 
that S. neglecta is the female of S. puncticollis. 
SCHIZONYCHA PLAUSIBILIS, n. spec. 
This species is so closely allied to S. neglecta that it is at first 
sight difficult to distinguish the two, but apart from the totally 
different shape of the genital armature, it is differentiated by the 
punctures on the prothorax, which are not quite so closely set, 
especially in the posterior part, the median longitudinal smooth line 
is also less plainly indicated; the pygidium is much more broadly 
punctured, and the epipleural fold of the elytra is distinctly punctate 
near the basal part; tarsi long, both teeth of the claws long, upper 
one longer than the other, and slightly emarginate underneath ; 
the nearest approach to the shape of the genital armature is that of 
S. zambesiana, but it is very distinct. 
Length 134-15 mm.; width 7-10 mm. 
Hab, Natal (Durban, Umsimkulu, Maritzburg). 
SCHIZONYCHA RUFINA, Bohem., 
Plate XLL, fig. 73. 
Insect. Caffr., 1i., 97. 
Rusty-red, and with a minute hair in every puncture. In general 
appearance it very much resembles S. spuria, the shape of the clypeus 
is the same, but the clypeal carina is more arcuate, and the 
suture nearly obliterated; the punctuation of the prothorax is 
different on account of the punctures being cicatricose and also more 
asperous in the anterior part of the sides, which are also less am- 
pliated at about the median part, and less obliquely attenuate 
towards the basal angle, the median longitudinal smooth space when 
it occurs is also more conspicuous, and the punctures on the 
scutellum and elytra are a little broader; the punctures on the 
pygidium are also deeper and more cicatricose; the tarsi are also 
long, and the upper tooth of the anterior claws which is very curved, 
is not emarginated underneath. In the female the hind tarsi are 
slightly shorter than in the male; the penultimate abdominal 
segment is hardly wider than the preceding one, and the last is 
swollen; in the male the penultimate is slightly wider than the 
antepenultimate, and the last is also very swollen. 
