tlie S. African Specii's of Dinoiuctopus, itr. '.W'J 



o\on>^ntc, a little widi'ued towards the apox. Aiiteriur tarsi 

 •l-jointrd, 1 and 2 elongate, 1 longer tlum 2, <i sliort. 



Lengfji 'J I mm, 



I/ah. S. Ahkica, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia {Dr. Marshall ; 

 iii. 11)00). 



One mall'. Separable from the same sex of its allies by 

 the wliolly blaek head, with rather long, bi-cornute epistonia, 

 and the dilated first and seeond joints of the autcnnse. 



(). 'l'ro(/loj)s iiodo.sicnnti-<^ sp. n. 

 (PI. IV. figs, l.'i, head, 12 «, antenna, ^ .) 



(^ . l"]longate, narrow, subopaqne, finely einereo-pubescent; 

 leaden-black, the head (an anteiiorly an;j;ulate sjjaee at the 

 base exee[)ted), the antennal joints 1-5, the anterior and 

 intermediate legs (the femora excepted), and the bases of the 

 posterior tibije, fiavous or testaceous; the puncturing of the 

 ui)per surface very tine and close. Head large, much broader 

 than the prothorax, transverse, the frontal excavation tri- 

 angular, deep, impinged upon anteriorly bv the raised, 

 Y-sha[)cd, backward extension of the e[)istoma, the latter 

 trifoveate, the central fovea rounded, deej), the others trans- 

 verse ; antennie long, joints 1-4 thickened, 2 short, 3 concave 

 and as long as l, 4 nodose, hollowed at the base, 5-11 filiform. 

 Pi'othorax longer than broad, somewhat oval, narrowed 

 p()>teriorly, almost unim|)rcssed on the disc. Elytra mode- 

 rately long, a little widened towards the a[)ex. Anterior tarsi 

 •1— jointed, 1 and 2 elongate, 1 hjnger than 2, 3 short. 



Length 21 mm. 



Hah. S. Afuica, Salisbury, S. Rhodesia (Dr. }[urshall : 

 ii. 1898). 



One male. Broader and a little less elongate than T. phtm- 

 beus, ^ ; the antennal joints 1-1 thickened, 3 concave 

 and 4< nodose; the head very dillerently shaped; the pro- 

 thorax almost unimpressed. 



7. Troijlops i>luinbcus, sp. n. (PI. IV. fig. 13^ head, ^ .) 



r{ . Elongate, very narrow, subopaqne, very finely cinereo- 

 jjubescent ; leaden-black, the head (except at the base), the 

 antennal joints 1-4 (a blaek streak on the outer edge of 

 1 excepted), and anterior tibia;, fiavous or testaceous; the 

 puncturing of the n[)per surface extremely fine and close. 

 Head large, broader than the |)roihorax, angnlate at the sides 

 anteriorly, the frontal cavity deep, subquadrate, and with a 

 compressed, horn-like prominence behind the epistoma, the 

 latter sulcate dow n the u»iddle and bidentate in front ; 



