the S. African Species of Diiiometopus, dtv. 321 



anterior nuir^iii rounded and the angles obtuse, tlie lateral 

 niaigins williout angular dilatation ; elytj'a and wings as 

 in S. 



J.ength 2^-2^ mm. (c? ?•) 



Hub. 8. Africa, Bulawayo [xil, 11103 : c^ $ ] , Salisbury 

 [ii. lUOG: (^] {Dr. G. A. K. Marsluill). 



Two ^ J , one ? . A very dill'ereut inse(;t from any 

 S. AtVieau species known to me, the general t'acies being 

 that of a large Xylophilns. Both sexes are fully winged 

 and have similarly sha; cd elytra. Tlie cephalic cavity is 

 finely pubescent within. 



Chalicouds. 



OuilionitSf'EvXiihson, Entomogrnpliieii, p. 1 24 (1840) [type C. vinula.V.w']. 



Antennaj 11-jointed, lo«ig, filiform, joints 2 and 3 short, 

 subcqual ; head iu ^ short, broad, triangular, excavate 

 anteiiorly and with a horn-like prominence or lamella 

 behind the epistoma, the eyes very prominent in the same 

 sex; terminal joint of maxillary palpi oblong, stout, obliquely 

 truncate at tip ; prothorax elongate, constricted posteriorly, 

 the anterior portion very convex; elytra simple, incompletely 

 covering the abdomen in both sexes in C. viinila ; antciior 

 tarsi simple, 5-jointed in both sexes, 1-4 gradully decreasing 

 in length; wings iu ? wanting (C r»m/a) or fully developed. 



This genus is here restricted to C vhiula and two allied 

 S. African forms with a gil)bous protliorax. The species 

 referred to it l)y liohcmau, Abcille de Perrin, and Gorham 

 belong elsewhere. 



1. C/ialicunis viiiula. (PI. IV. figs. 15, 15 a, head 

 and prothoiax, 15 Z», antenna, cJ.) 

 J. Chalicorus vinula, Er. Eutouiographien, p. 125 (1840) '. 

 " Niger, thoraco rufo, elytris albo-bifasciatis " (Erichson). 



J . Head broad, transversely triangular, witli a deep 

 arcuate frontal excavation, in the centre of which is a stout, 

 erect, truncate horn, the jjostcrior border of tlie cavity 

 subdentate on each side as seen from above, llie eyes small, 

 j)romiuent ; antenna? very elongate, filiform, joints 2 and 3 

 short, equal in lengtli ; joint 4 of maxillary rather stout, 

 oi)liquely truncate at tip ; prothorax oblongo-cordatc, 

 narrow, flattened, and parallel-sided at the base ; el\ tra long, 

 parallel, not wider than the head; anterior tarsi 5-jointed, 

 simple, joint 1 about as long as 2 and 3 united. 



V . Head less transverse, flattened, the c}es not proiniiu-nt; 



