316 ^[r. G. C. Champion on 



and obliqurly excavate at the sides anteriorly, and rapidly 

 narrowed tlienoe to the base. Elytra subparullel, rather 

 long, transversely depressed below the base, the humeri 

 tumid. Legs very long and slender; anterior tarsi 4-jointed, 

 joint 1 as long as 2-4 nnitcd, produced into a long oblique 

 tooth at tlie apex within, 2 and 3 short. 



? . Head and prothorax (the basal margin of the latter 

 excepted) black or obscurely rufesccnt, the antennje infus- 

 cate towards the apex^ shorter and more slender than in (^ ; 

 head and eyes smaller; prothorax rounded at the sides 

 anteriorly; elytra more or less inflated posteriorly, as long 

 OS in ^ , not quite covering the abdomen ; wings wanting. 



Length2,V-2imm. ( c? ? .) 



Hab. S. AFKic.\,Stellenbosch, Constantia^ Strand, Tulbagh, 

 Cape Colony (Mus. Cape Town: (J ? ), Table Mt. {R. E. 

 Turner : ? )\ Port Elizabeth \ 



Numerous ($ ($ and ? ? seen, including a pair found hi 

 copula by Dr. Purcell. The tarsal structure was not men- 

 tioned by Pic. The ? ? are dimorphic as in those of 

 T. cicindeloides, some of them having the elytra strongly 

 inflated towards the apex ; they are very like the same sex of 

 Sph'mginopaljms, differing in the shorter head and the less 

 elongate first anteunal joint. 



2. Troylops higutlatus. (PI. IV. fig. 8, head, S •) 



5 . C'haropus biyuttalus, liedt. Reise Novara, ii. p. lOG (1867):-' 



J. Elongate, narrow, shining, sparsely pubescent; black, 

 the antennpe at the base or almost wholly, the head (except 

 at the base), the basal margin at the prothorax, and the 

 anterior and intermediate legs in part, testaceous, the elytra 

 with a suturally-interrupted, outwardly-widened, whitish or 

 flavescent fascia befoie tlie middle; the prothorax and elytra 

 very finely, closely punctate. Head subtriangular, broader 

 than the prothorax, the frontal excavation transverse, deep, 

 and with a short, horn-like prominence in the centre 

 anteriorly and an oblique one on each side of it in front, 

 the epistoma also deeply excavate down the middle, the 

 lateral portions thus appearing tumid ; antenna long, filiform, 

 joint 3 as long as 4, compressed, slightly widened. Pro- 

 thorax elongate, feebly dentate laterally at about the middle 

 and constricted and rapidly narrowed thence to the base, 

 the disc flattened posteriorly. Elytra moderately elongate, 

 slightly widened towards the apex, depressed below the base. 

 Anterior tarsi 4-jointed, 1 simple, as long as 2 and 3 

 united. 



