480 j\lr. G. C. Cliampion on 



obscura. Elytra viridia, nitida, immaculata. Corpus riifuin 

 pectore viridi/' 



31. Hedybius hamatipygus, sp. n. 



^. Elongate, much widened posteriorly, shining, thickly 

 clothed with whitish pubescence intermixed with long, erect^ 

 darker hairs ; head (the labrura excepted), the terminal 

 three or four outer joints of the antennse, the scutellum, 

 tibise, and the tars^i in part in one specimen black, the rest 

 of the antennae (except joint 1 above), the prothorax, the 

 femora to near the tip, anterior coxa3, and al)(]oinen rufous 

 or testaceous, the elytra and metasteruum blue or bluish- 

 green ; the head and prothorax obsoletely punetulate, the 

 elytra uneven and densely, finely, subrugulosely punctured. 

 Head (PI. XIV. fig. 27) narrower than the prothorax, with a 

 very broad, deep, shining, arcuate, frontal excavation, which 

 is limited on each side by a stout, subconical, supraocular 

 tooth, and anteriorly by a bisinuate plica, the plica inter- 

 rupted in the middle by a short, stout, cleft, ciliate, horn-like 

 prominence ; antennoe moderately long, stout. Prothorax 

 transverse, convex, obliquely narrowed posteriorly ; pro- 

 duced and transversely excavate in the centre anteriorly, 

 and furnished with a spiniform, erect, matted tuft of black 

 hairs in front. Elytra wider than the prothorax, incom- 

 pletely covering the abdomen. Pygidium abruptly con- 

 stricted before the apex; the apical portion narrow, tubulate, 

 deeply semicircularly emarginate, and armed on each side 

 with a stout, blackish, downwardly-curved hook, the terminal 

 ventral segment excavate and armed with similar upwardly- 

 curved hooks. Legs very hairy ; anterior tarsal joints 1 

 and 2 thickened, 2 extending over the base of 3. 



Length (to tip of elytra) 4-4^ mm. 



Hah. S. Africa, Pretoria, Transvaal (L. M. Bucknill : 

 1913 : type), Salisbury, Rhodesia {Dr. G. A. K. Marshall: 

 iii. 1895). 



Two males, precisely similar. This species somewhat 

 resembles H. hirius, F. (= oculatus, Thuub.), which has 

 simple anterior tarsi, &c. The cJ pygidial armature is very 

 remarkable. 



32. Hedybius cucullatus, sp. n. 



(J . Moderately elongate, shining, thickly clothed with 

 pallid or whitish pubescence intermixed with long, erect, 

 soft hairs ; brassy-black, the head above, the prothorax, and 

 abdomen testaceous, the antennae infuscate with the basal 



