species of Palaru? from S. Africa. Go3 



cariiiatt'd. Distance of the eyes on vertex ?d)OUt the length of 

 the pedicellus ot the antennae. 



$ P. tunieri, ni. — Py^i'iciinni less sharjily pointed ; surface 

 of the pvf^idial area irreguh\ily ru<;o.se-eariniihited. Distanee 

 of eyes on vertex at least double tlie length of the pedicellus 

 of the antenna\ 



Pahirus handlirschi, $ J , sp. n. 



Ti/pe : cJ . Niger, clypeo, macula mandilnilarura, macula faciei 

 inl'erioris, maculis duabus punctit'ormibus supra antennas, tegulis, 

 fasciisque tergitorura 1-5 oburneis ; pedibus tlavido-variegatis, 

 alis hyalinis. Pygidium incrme. Tergita vix constricta. 

 Latera pygidii ad basin rotundato-lobata, postea ad apicem 

 gradatim coaretata, apice rotundato. Latera tergiti scxti longi- 

 tudinaliter breviter et subtiliter carinata. Sternitum secundum 

 tore magno transverso ornatum. Oculi in vertice longitudiue 

 pedicelli antenuarum separati. 



Long. 8-12 mm. 



(^ . — Clypeus smooth, shining, rounded at apex. Inter- 

 antennal space not carinated ; front with a thin sraoofh line, 

 not quite reaching the anterior ocellus. Mandibles acuminate, 

 simple. Antennte thickened towards apex, tlie second joint 

 of flagellum about a third longer than the following. Ante- 

 rior ocellus large, round, the posterior smaller, oval, touching 

 the eyes. Eyes separated on the vertex by a distance about 

 equal to the length of the pedicellus of the antennpe. Face 

 covered by a whitish pile, dull, not shining, minutely but 

 densely punctured. Thorax, scutellum, and metanotum 

 above minutely but less densely punctured^ shining, sparsely 

 covered by a whitish pubescence. Area cordata deepened, 

 nearly semicircular, finely shagreened. First tergite concave 

 in the middle, the edges of the concavity not sharp nor 

 carinated. Sixth tergite with a very small longitudinal 

 carina on the sides. Pygidial segment roundly dilated- 

 lobate at the sides towards the base, then gradually constricted 

 towards the apex, the latter rounded. Pygidial area indis- 

 tinctly defined, rugulose. The sides and apex of the pygidial 

 segment smooth and shining. The tergites are not constricted 

 on the sides, very little above, shining, very finely punctured, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex. The second sternite 

 is smooth and very shining, the apical half transformed into 

 a broad transverse elevation, the basal upper edge of which 

 is rounded, the apical semi-abrupt, but not sharply edged. 

 The following segments are flat, jjunctured^ the middle de- 

 pressed, the seventh conical, rounded at the apex, liadial 



