Genera of Wingless Bracliyderlnie. 2.'5 



vertical laterally, the basal margin arcuate; the upper 

 surface coarsely coriaceous, with a broad obloug median 

 impression, the dorsal outline slopinj^ from base to apex. 

 E/iffra subglobose, l)roadest before the middle, the dorsal 

 outline strongly convex, deepest before the middle, the base 

 sinuate and slightly raised laterally, the apices jointly 

 rounded ; set with shallow, irrej^nlar, more or less confluent 

 and ill-defined fovere, only the juxta-sutuial row and tho^e 

 on tbe inflexed sides being regular ; the intervals with 

 numerous irregular, large, low, roundel tuljcrcles, which are 

 l)are and closely and finely punctate ; the small broad 

 curved sette are with difficulty distinguishable from the true 

 scales. 



Length 10-11 mm., breadth 0^-6 mm. 



Transvaal : Pretoria. 



Types, (^ in Dr. D. Sharp's collection, $ in the British 

 Museum. 



Described from 1 J and G ? $ , all of which were kindly 

 submitted to me by Dr. Sharp, wlio had already recognized 

 that in spite of its superficial rescml)lance to Blosijrus this 

 species is really more closely allied to the Madagascar genus 

 Holonychus. 



Genus Synechops, nov. 



Head with a central furrow which does not reach the 

 vertex, not constricted behind the eyes, which are quite 

 lateral and very convex. Rostrum strongly deflected, con- 

 tinuous with the forehead, oblong, the dorsal edges broadly 

 rounded off, the lower surface parallel with the upper ; 

 epistome quite indefinite posteriorly, the apical edge deeply 

 emargiiuite ; mandibles multisetose, not squamose, without 

 ariy meilian tooth or dorsal longitudinal carina, the sear sub- 

 triangular ; mentura setose ; scrobcs narrow, deep, and 

 squamose, the upper edge ending on a level with the lower 

 margin of the eye, the apical portion partly visible from 

 above. Antenme with the scape rather abruptly clavate, 

 reaching about the middle of the eye; funicle squamose, 

 tiie two basal joints ecjual. Protlioraw transverse, narrower 

 in front than behind. ScutelluDt. small, but distinct. E/ytra 

 fitting closely to the prothorax, the base not marginate, the 

 apices jointly rounded, the shoulders rounded, the punetation 

 irregular. Sternum with the gular margin truncate, tlie 

 cox;o in the midtUe of the prostcrnum, the ccntro-sternite 

 tubercular; mesepisterna meeting the elytra only at the 



