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a short, deep occipital groove ; antennae moderately slender, joints 

 9-11 elongated and thickened, 11 nearly as long as 9 and 10 united. 

 Prothorax long, ovate, obliquely compressed on the flanks posteriorly 

 (the deflexed basal port ion appearing prominent laterally), obsoletely 

 canaliculate towards the base, densely scabroso-punctate, the basal 

 groove complete. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, sub- 

 parallel in their basal half; very densely punctulate, and also finely 

 punctato-striate on the disc, the interstices almost flat, sparsely 

 granulate towards the suture. Legs long, the femora strongly 

 clavate ; basal joint of anterior tarsi subcylindrical. 

 Length 41-5 mm. 



Hob. Natal, Malvern {G. A. K. Marshall, ix. '97). 



Two specimens, probably sexes, one being broader than 

 the other. Less robust than M. mgulipennis, the head 

 smaller, with shorter occipital groove, the sculpture of the 

 elytra fine and dense, the laterally depressed basal portion 

 of the prothorax rather prominent. The relatively narrow 

 head and the rough subcordate prothorax distinguish M. 

 cord at a from numerous very similar forms from other 

 regions. 



45. Macratria mustela. 



Macratria mustela, Pasc, Journ. Ent. i, p. 55, pi. 2, fig. 7 

 (1860). 



llab. Natal. 



Of this species there are five specimens in the Museum 

 (two of them labelled Port Natal), including the type. 

 M. mustela may be known by its very elongate, narrow 

 shape, dark coloration (the elytra paler than the pro- 

 thorax); the dense, fine puncturing of the whole upper 

 surface; the fine, adpressed pubescence; the long head, 

 with conspicuous occipital groove; the rather small. 

 rounded eyes; the somewhat parallel-sided basal portion 

 of the prothorax ; and the asperate sculpture of the elytra, 

 on the disc of which rows of slightly coarser punctures are 

 traceable. The apical joint of the antennae is as long as 

 9 and 10 united in both sexes. The outer joints of each 

 tarsus, and the basal half or more of the antennae, aie 

 testaceous. 



46. Macratria ruficollis, n. sp. 



Elongate, narrow, depressed, shining, finely cinerco-pubesccnt ; 

 black, the head nigro-piceous, the prothorax rufous, the palpi, 



