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Hedyhius ancepSj sp. n. 



Laete flavus, capitis dimidio basali iiigro ; prothorace subquadrato 

 vel toto flavo, vel punctis dvtobiis parvis nigris ; autennis pedi- 

 busque flavis, tarsis posticis infuscatis ; elytris viridi-cseruleis, 

 creberrime leviter punctatis. 



Long. 6-0-5 raillim. c? 5 . 



Has, capite antice excavato-eroso, erosione ima tota nigra, supra 

 oculos alte elevato, quasi cornuto ; antennis lougis, vix serratis. 



Femina, an tennis niulto brevioribus, leviter serratis. 



Nab. Natal, Estcourt {Marshal/). 



This insect is so very closely allied to //. amoenus, that I 

 think it only necessary to call attention to the observed 

 differences, which are that the thorax is not transverse, in 

 some males there is a slight denticulation in the margin, 

 in others it is quite simple ; the antennse are longer in the 

 male and unspotted, but with the extreme apex black ; 

 the elevated ridge borders the whole inner side of the eye, 

 passing into the frontal elevation. 



Obs. — It is perhaps not correct to say that the second 

 joint of the front tarsi in the male overlaps the third, but it 

 is certainly distorted and raised above the very short third 

 joint, and is black at its tip. 



The Jledyhii which 1 iiave seen from the Cape of Good 

 Hope, which at all resemble the above, have the heads quite 

 differently formed in the males, and have smooth and shining 

 elytra, wrinkled and substriate. 



Hedyhius Marshallij sp. n. 



Lsete flavus, capitis basi, prothoracisquc disco opaco maris, nigris, 

 nigredine marginem anticam baud attingeiite, feminise macula 

 irregulari subdivisa et metasterno nigris ; antennis, palpis, pedi- 

 busque totis flavis. 



Long., S (J'S, $ 6 millim. 



Mas, capite antice excavato-eroso, erosione ima uigro-notata ; pone 

 oculos elevato, quasi cornuto, nigro opaco ; antennis longioribus, 



Femina, oceipite piano, depressiusculo ; prothoracis disco nigro 

 maculato. 



Hob. Natal, Estcourt {Marshall). 



Very closely allied to H. amoeniis, to be distinguished from 

 it by the wholly yellow antennaj and legs, and by the head 

 having less black at its base in either sex, but especially by 

 the elevated canthus of the eye, which rises like a short horn, 

 being separated from the temples by a deep groove, yellow at 

 the bottom ; so that the eye and its horn are quite separated 



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