324 Mr. G. C, Clianipioii on 



joint, too. is relatively longer tliaii in Chaliconts. The 

 5-jointed anterior tarsi of the ^ , and the simple palpi in the 

 two sexes, distinguisli Chalicuroides from C'o/wto, the tv[)e of 

 which is C. trlnotatus, Er. Psiloderes, Peyr., has a similarly 

 shaped head in cf , but differs in other respects from the 

 present genus *. 



1. Chalicoroidcs ttigattatus. (PI. V. fig. 17, head, ^ .') 

 Chcdicorus trigtittatus, Ab. Rev. d'Ent. xix. pp. 163, 169 ( (^ $ ) (1900) \ 



^ . Moderately elongate, shining, finely pubescent ; black, 

 the anterior half of the head, the antennal joints 1-4, the 

 anterior and inteimediate legs (the femora in part excepted), 

 and the posterior tarsi in great part or wholly, testaceous ; 

 tiie elvtra with three transversely placed whitish or flavescent 

 spots just before the middle — one common, rhomboidal, the 

 others lateral, triangular; the surface extremely finely, 

 closely puuf'tate. Head short, triangular, about as broad as 

 the prothorax, the frontal cavity deep, transverse, trituber- 

 cnlate behind, the epistoma flattened, and with a small 

 truncated projection in the centre posteriorly, the eyes very 

 prominent ; anteiuite moderately long, filiform, joint 1 stout, 

 3 considerably longer than 2. Prothorax transversely cor- 

 date, depressed at the base, the lateral margins explanate. 

 Elytra slightly widened posteriorly. Legs very slender ; 

 auterior tarsi simple, 5-jointed. 



? . Head black, flattened, the eyes not prominent ; 

 antennse shorter and more sleuder ; elytra much widened 

 posteriorly. 



Var. Elvtra black. ( ? .) 



Length 2-2| mm. (J ? •) 



Hab. S. Africa, Cape Town, Stellenbosch {Mus. Cape 

 Tutvn : J ? ), Table Mountain {JV. Bevins), Umvoti, Natal 

 {H. Fry, in Mas. Cape Town : ? ). 



Redescribed from three c? c? and three ? ? , including 

 the type communicated by Dr. Peringuey. 



2. Chalicoroides peninsularis, sp. n. 

 (PI. y. fig. 18, head, ^ .) 



S . Moderately elongate, rather broad, shining, closely 

 pubescent, testaceous or rufo-testaceous, the head with the 

 base, eyes, and frontal tubercle, the outer half or more of the 

 autennse, the palpi, abdomen, and under surface, the elytra 



• There are three cT J and one $ of P. pluriannatus, Belon, from 

 Kurdistan, in the British Museum: the d has 4-jointed anterior tarsi, 

 1 and 2 being elongate and 3 short. 



