830 Mr. G. C. Cliampion on 



4, Sphiiiffinopalpus formicarius. (PI. V. fig. 22, antenna, (^ .) 



2. Chalicorus {?) formicarius, Gorh. Anu. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vii. 



p. 358 (1901) ^" 

 ? SpJiiihjinnpitlpus barkeri, Pic, L'Schange, xx. p. 06 (c? $) (1904) ■'. 



(J . Extremely like S. {Chalicorus) collaris, Boh. ; smaller, 

 the anteiin£e less elongate, joints 1-5 (1 with a streak at 

 the apex only) nigro-maculate above, testaceous beneath, the 

 others black, 1 slightly curved, notched near the base within, 

 and armed with a curved, ciliate tooth in front of this; joints 



3 and 4 of maxillary palpi smaller, less dilated laterally, 



4 strongly curved (appearing bifurcate in certain aspects) ; 

 head and prothorax opaque or subo|)aque ; elytra shining, 

 brassy-black, the expanded margins rufescent, the coarse 

 puncturing extending to the apex, subseriate on basal half; 

 anterior and intermediate tibite (except at tlieir bases) and 

 tarsi testaceous. 



? , Head piceous; joint 4 of maxillary pal[)i small, narrow ; 

 elytra subglobose, narrow at the base, the humeral callus 

 small; win^s wanting. 



Length 2-21 mm. ( c? 9 •) 



Hub. S. Africa, Malvern, Natal ^ ^ [Mjis. Cape Town, 

 Mus. Brit., Miis. Durban : c? ? ), Port Natal, Durban {Mas. 

 Brit.: c? ?). . 



Fourteen specimens seen, including three males in the 

 British Museum. This species seems to be the imperfectly- 

 described S. barkeri. Pic ; but his definition of the palpi, 

 " moyens.^' is unintelligible, and the structure of the antemup 

 of the (5* is not noticed. The ? from Port Natal was received 

 by the British Museum in 1855. 



5. Sphinginopalpus myrmecodes. 



$. Chalicorus myrmecodes, Boh. Ins. Caflfraria, 1. 2, p. 475 (1851) \ 

 j. Chalicorus albifrons, Boh. loc. c?f. p. 476*. 



(J. Narrow, sliining, black, with a violaceous or bluish 

 lustre in certain lights, the head whitish in front, the basal 

 five joints of the antennje (a streak on 1 excepted), the base 

 of the prothorax, a transverse, externally-dilated fascia on 

 each elytron below the base (not extending to the suture), 

 and the anterior and intermediate tarsi, testaceous or flavous; 

 the head and prothorax very finely, sparsely, and the elytra 

 to bcj'ond the middle coarsely, subseriately, punctured, 

 the apical portion of the last-named with fine scattered 

 punctures. Antennal joint 1 moderately long, armed with 

 a small tooth near the base within ; maxillary palpi with 

 joints 3 and 4 enormously large, transverse, 3 pyriform. 



