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sides of the protkorax, the very finely and shallowly punc- 

 tato-striate elytra 3 and the stout legs. 



South African Species. 



\'l. Macratria permagna, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, comparatively broad, robust, feebly shining (when 

 denuded), tbickly clothed with tine, adpressed, pale brownish hairs, 

 some of which are uniseriaterj arranged on i lie almost obsolete elytral 

 striae; reddish-brown, the eyes black, the legs ferruginous, with the 

 tibiae, firsi tarsal joint, and the posterior knees infuscate, the palpi 

 and antennae (the infuscate joints !) II excepted) rnfo-testaceous. 

 Head rather long, oval, densely, finely punctate, the occipital groove 

 moderately deep and extending forward as far as the posterior margin 

 of the eyes, the latter very large; antennae slender, not very long, 

 joints 9-11 thickened, 9 and 10 triangular, Longer than broad, 11 

 much longer than 10. Prothoiax longer than broad, wider than the 

 head, oblong-oval, slightly dilated at the sides behind the basal 

 groove; densely, roughly punctate, and obsoletely canaliculate. 

 Elytra long, subparallel. much wider than the prothoiax; densely, 

 finely, rugulosely punctate, and with rows of intermixed slightly 

 coarser punctures extending from the base to near the apex, these 

 latter bordered internally down the anterior half by an irregular 

 line of minute asperities or granules, filth ventral segment angu- 

 larly produced in the middle at the tip. Legs stout, the posterior 

 tarsi comparatively short, the penultimate joint of each tarsus 

 strongly lobed. 



Length 8}, breadth 21 mm. 



Hab. Natal, Durban (H. W. Bell. Marley). 



One specimen, received by the Museum in 1903. Larger 

 and more robust than M. canaliculata (= )>><i.iint<i), Pic, 

 from Brazil, M. (/mini is, Pic, from New Guinea, and 

 M. robusta, Motsch., from Ceylon. Compared with .1/. 

 rugulipennis, from Salisbury, apart from the very much 

 larger size, it may be separated by the less dilated post- 

 ocular portion of the head, the broader, less ovate pro- 

 thorax, and the finer granulation of the elytra, the senate 

 punctures on which are scarcely distinguishable till the 

 insect is viewed in profile. 



43. Macratria rugulipennis, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust, shining, rather sparsely clothed with long, 

 adpressed greyish hairs, with a few erect hairs intermixed ; reddish- 



