330 :Mr. C. 0. \Yatcrliouse on Tioo new 



Fcxm. Heteropodidse. 



Genus Selenqps, Latr. 



Selenops Staunto7ii, sp. n. 



? . — "Resembling S. parvulus, Poc, in size, coloration, and 

 general a[)pearance, but difFering in that the tibiae of the first 

 and second pairs of legs are armed beneath with five pairs of 

 spines ; sometimes also there is a small apical spine on the 

 anterior side of the tibia of the first leg. Of the eyes of the 

 median quadrangle the posteriors are considerably larger tliaii 

 the antcriors, with their inferior edges only very slightly 

 higher than the centres of the latter. 



Vulva large, recalling that of ^S". Speticeri ; it may be 

 described as a longitudinally oblong liorny plate, with its 

 anterior half marked v/ith a pallid, heart-shaped, membranous 

 area. 



Total length 7 millim. ; carapace 4. 



Loc. Durban ((7. P. Skaintony. 



XLVir. — Descriptions of Two new Coleoptera of the Family 

 Buprestidai. By Chas. 0. Waterhouse, F.E.S. 



Amorphosoma distans, sp. n. 



Elougatura, subparallt'lumi, crassum ; capita cupreo, punctulato, in 

 lougitiidinem profuude sulcato, quadrituberculato ; thorace trans- 

 verso, intequali, obscure cupreo, tubercuh's fiisco-cupreis instructo ; 

 elytris fere nig-ris, area basali pube griseo-flava ornata, fascia 

 post medium grisea ; corpore subtus obscure cupreo ; metasterno 

 abdomineque area basali albo-pubescentibus. 



Long. 9 millim. 



Hab. Waterberg, Transvaal, S. Africa. 



The head has four round obtuse tubercles, the two on the 

 vertex much stronger than the others. Tlie thorax is broader 

 than long, obscure coppery, with the raised parts much 

 darker. The anterior part of the disk has six obtuse round 

 tubercles (arranged thus ♦]'• ), and at each posterior angle 

 a comma-shaped elevation. Each side has two obtuse angles 

 (with a slight sinuosity between them), so that the general 

 form of the thorax is a transverse hexagon. The elytra are 

 nearly black, with a shade of copper at the base. The basal 

 hfdf is clothed with greyish-white pubescence, which near the 

 suture shows a slight golden lustre in certain lights. There 



