Species o/Cuiculioiiidse/?*o/)i Africa. 



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tlie liiiul pair with four ; tlie tarsi uitli joiut 2 transverse 

 and not longer tlian 3. 



Lenyik 7-9 mm., breadth 2'5-3*5 mm. 



Cape Province : "VViUowmore {Dr. H. Brauns). 



Described from ten specimens. 



The genotype, E. thoracicus, Per., is readily distingnished 

 by the two remarkable tufted prominences on the pronotnm 

 (esi)ecially developed in i\\e^), the angular lateral dilatation 

 near the aj)ex of the rostrum in the ^ , and by the elongate 

 2nd tart^al joint, which is longer than tlie 3rd *, 



The very brief description of Timus si7)iplt'W, Per. {loc. cit.), 

 would almost apply to E. latifrons, but the former species 

 is stated to have a small orbital ridge above the eye and a 

 lateral stripe of dense white scales on the elytra. 



Fie-. 1. 



Enicoderus latifrons, sp. n. 



Tlie male genitalia of E. latifrons are shown in text-fig. 1, 

 with the accessory parts, in the position of rest. On the 

 extreme right is the divided Gih ventrite, corres])onding to 

 the 8tli tergite ; behind and above this is tlie irregular bifid 

 l)late from which arises the spiculum, a stout cliitinised 

 invagination of the membrane which lies beneath the genital 

 tube, but with its free end curved round on to the dorsal 

 suifacc, thus loiniing an effective support lor the tube. 

 The strongly chitinii^cd median lobe, with its bluntly [Jointcd 

 apical spatula and two long curved })osteiior struts, is quite 

 of the normal Brachyderine type, forming a closed tube ; 

 the sac projects a short distance beliind the tube and is lined 

 almost throughout with minute, closely set asperities ; the 

 tcgmcn lornis a vt ry narrow circular ling, the dorsal [)ortiou 

 of \^hicll is produced forwards into a very slightly cliitinised 

 bilid process. 



* it may be noted that in this species tlio vostnim was described as 

 beaiiug tive cariiuc, but the supposed median carina ie really a furrow. 



