undescn'bed CoJeoptera from Natal. 



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griseously pilose; pronotum fuscously punctate, the disk 

 coaflueDtlj punctate, with a basal central giiseous line ; 

 elytra finely pilose, longitudinally irregularly carinate, 

 fuscously punctate, somcAA'liat confluently so on lateral and 



Soridus yriseus, Dist. 



basal areas, their apices subacuminate ; sternum and legs 

 fuscously punctate ; abdomen beneath palely griseous, thickly 

 tomentose, obscurely finely fuscously punctate. 



Long. Hi mm. 



Bab. Natal : Durban {Bell-Marley) . 



This species only differs from Gahan^s genus Soridus in 

 having the apices of the elytra subacuminate, not " broadly 

 subtruncate/^ 



Division Acanthocinidaeia. 



Exocentrus polymitus^ sp. n. 



Pale griseous, much mottled or shaded with bright dark 

 fuscous ; head and pronotum sometimes almost entirely 

 fuscous, with the posterior angles griseous, or the surface 

 only fuscously punctate ; elytra with two spots (the upper- 

 most largest) on each side of suture before middle, followed 

 by two very irregular and angularly waved transverse fasciae, 

 humeral angles and a marginal spot before middle dark bright 

 fuscous brown ; antennae brownish ochraceous, first joint 

 (excluding base), apices of joints 3-5, and nearly the whole 



