33G Mr. G. C. Clianipion 07i 



anteniial joint (instead of tlie fifth) black. The two cJ (J 

 from the Transvaal (sent with the ? ? ) want the pale 

 inarf(ins to the elytra, and in tiie three ? V ca})tured by 

 Mr. Turner the fascia is reduocd to three spots and the 

 margins are piceoiis, like the rest of the surface. 



13. f^jihinr/inopalpus raJJ'raiji, sp. n. 

 Chalicorophasis rfiffrdi/i, W'-aw/. in litt. 



S' Elongate, narrow, the elytra pyriform, ^^ihbous, 

 attenuate and depressed anteriorly ; shining, the head and 

 prothorax didler, sparsely |)ul)escent, the elytra with a \'^\v 

 intermixed long, erect, whitish hairs; black, the anterior 

 ])ortion of the head indeterminately, the oral organs, palpi, 

 joints 1-3 of the antenna', troehar)ters, and anterior and 

 intermediate tarsi, more or less testaceous, the elytra with 

 an elongate whitish patch or streak at the sides below the 

 base ; the head and })rotliorax closely, finely, subrugulosely, 

 the narrow basal portion of the elytra eoai'scly, rugosely, 

 punctate, the gibbous portion of the last-named with a ^ew 

 tine scattered punctures. Head a little wider than the pro- 

 thorax ; antennai long, filiform, joint 1 elongate, thickencid, 

 sin)ple ; maxillar}' palpi with joints 3 and 4 enormously 

 large, transverse, 3 sotnewhat y)yriform, convcix beneath, 

 excavate above, 4 widened basal ly, subsca|)hiform, concave 

 above. Prothorax elongate, convex, constricted and much 

 narrowed posteriorly, transversely depressed before the base. 

 Elytra rapidly, obliquely widening from the short, narrow, 

 depressed basal portion, the apical ])ortion globose or oval. 

 Posterior tibia? slightly curved, slender. Wings wanting. 



?. Head, palpi, and trochanters infuscatc; antennai 

 joint 1 more slender; joint 4 of maxill.ny jjalpi small, 

 elongate-triangular. 



Length 2-2i mm. (J ? .) 



Hah. 8. Ai'RiCA, Cape Town (Raffray and P<'rin(/ney, in 

 Mas. ('ape I'ovm : ^^ ? ), Table Mt. (K. U. Barnard, in Mas. 

 Brit. : 8. X. lull : ? ). 



Twelve examples seen, including five males. Differs from 

 its allies in wanting the wings in the two sexes; the elytra 

 with the short, narrow, depressed basal portion rugosely 

 punctured, the whiiish lateral streak very sharply defined. 



OnsTnutAKiiiaus, gen. nov. 



Head subtriangular, simple ; j(jiiits3and !• of rj maxillary 

 jialpi enormous; antennie 1 l-j<;inted, filiCoirn, 1 elongate, 



