158 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on 



concave scales and short erect setpe ; the anterior tibiae with 

 an obtuse angulation at the middle of the inner edge ; the 

 fourth tarsal joint twice as long as the third. Sternum with a 

 broad shallow longitudinal impression in front of the fore 

 coxpe. Venter with the suture between ventrites 3 and 4 

 (1st and 2nd visible) broadly fused in the middle. 



Length 4-4*5 mm., breadth 1*8-2 mm. 



Cape Province: Table Mountain {W. Bevins). 



Described from four specimens. 



Hypsomiis bevinsi, sp. n. 



Extremely like a very small H. lonyipilis, but differing as 

 follows : — The prosternum not impressed in front of the 

 coxffi ; the suture between ventrites 3 and 4 (the 1st and 

 2iul visible) distinct throughout and deeply sinuate in the 

 middle ; tlie apical constriction of the prothorax is not con- 

 tinued across the disk ; the seta3 at the apex of the elytra are 

 much shorter and fewer, and there is a broad brown lateral 

 stripe on the prothorax and on the iuflexed margin of the 

 elytra. 



Length 2*5-3 mm., breadth 1-1-25 mm. 



Cape Province : Table Mountain ( W. Bevins) ; Camps 

 Bay, viii. 1905 (G. A. K. M.) 



Described from twelve specimens. 



Hypaomus albosuturalis, sp. n. 



Integument red-brown, the pronotura darker ; the head 

 and rostrum with grey scaling turning to whitish round the 

 eyes ; the prothorax brown on the disk, with a median 

 ■whitish stripe and two lateral ones on each side; the elytra 

 ■with a broad wliite sutural stripe ceasing at a little distance 

 before the apex, brown between strife 1 and 4, dark grey 

 between striae 4 and 8, and whitish between 8 and the 

 lateral margin ; the lower surface densely clothed ■with 

 whitish scaling. 



Head with fine confluent punctation, which is entirely 

 hidden by flat, contiguous, and not overlapping scales. 

 Rostrum comparatively long and slender, as long as the head 

 and pronotum together, much narrower than the forehead 

 at the base, subcylindrical throughout, and moderately 

 curved ; a deep lateral punctate stria extending from the 

 base to the antennw, and two deep dorsal impunctate strite 



