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iniddlo two loiifiitmliiial rivst.s cro-wned by nuiiuTouH small luberclop, 

 at tlio sides also two smaller round prominenceH placed directly midway 

 between the apex and base ; elytra ovate, rather broader than the pro- 

 thorax, covered with several (about a dozen or more on each elytron) 

 oblong callosities running parallel to but at a distance from the suture, 

 and with a few minute granules between them ; body beneath and legs 

 black, shining, and rugose, with a short pubescence partially filling in 

 the hollows ; tarsi glabrous, glossy black. Length G-7 lines. 



This is probably the " second " species alluded to by M. Lacordaire 

 (Gen. V. p. 356). It differs from Solier's E. iwdosus in its ovate, not 

 globose, elytra, each with a dozen or more oblong longitudinal ele- 

 vations or tubercles, not with six only, " joined three and three, and 

 forming two transverse callosities." M. Lacordaire's description of 

 Eutdus applies perfectly to this species and to E. nodosns ; but, from 

 some oversight, he has represented as the latter the species I ha^'e 

 described below under the name of Cyrtotyclie Satanas. 



Cyrtotyche [Eutelina)]. 

 Characteres ut in Eutelo ; sed caput retractimi. Elytra epipleuris antice 

 obsoletis. Tihice elongatae, teuuatae, valde curvata3, autica) intus pro- 

 ductge. Cm-pus glabrum. 



A remarkable form, closely allied to Eutelus, but which, owing to 

 the absence of the peculiar vestiture of that genus, the longer legs, 

 and slender, curved tibiae, has quite another habit. It is figured on 

 M. Lacordaire's plate under the name of Eutelus nodosus, JSol. 



Cyrtotyche Satanas. 



C. purpureo-fusca, nitida ; antennis, palpis tarsisque nigi'is. 



Hab. Natal. 



Dark purplish brown, shining ; head minutely punctm-ed ; prothorax 

 rather broader than the elytra, very convex and arched above, and much 

 contracted at the base, four glossy oblong tubercles in a transverse line 

 in the centre, with two on each side behind, the uppermost very large 

 and prominent, the lowermost bifid, the intervals ratlier dull, irregidar 

 and impunctate ; scutellum very small, triangular ; elytra impunctate, 

 short and globose-, scarcely as broad as the prothorax at the base, iiTe- 

 gularly covered with large conical tubercles, the intervals pitted here 

 and there, especially near the sutiu-e ; body beneath black, shining ; 

 legs dark pm-ple, shining ; tarsi black. Length 7 lines. 



Byzacnus [Eutehnac]. 

 Characteres ut in Eutelo ; Ped prothorax subquadratus, supra nequalis, mo- 

 dice convexus, lateribus paulo rotundatus, apice late emarginatus, carina 



