the .S. A/'ric<iii Spi^cies of Diiioinetopus, tCc. 3.'57 



dentate in (^ ; jjrotliorax c'()iiv(>\, eonlato : elvtra iiiHatcd, 

 very convex, oval, sliar[)ly inargineil, the luuiitri obliterated ; 

 aiitCi'ior tat^.i 4~joiiited in cf ; tarsal elaws small, lobed at 

 the buNC beneath ; winj>;s wanting. 



Type, U. abeillci. 



The inetallie, convex, ajitcrons S. African insect taken as 

 the type of this genns is related to Culutts and S/i/iint/iiKj- 

 pa/pus, dirt'ering from the last-named in the l-jointed anterior 

 tarsi of tlie J, etc., and from i'ulutts in the very convex, 

 coi (late prothorax, and the inflated, oval el\tra, which are 

 without trace of hnmeral callus. 



1. Oi'stht'iarthnts abeillci, sp. n. (IM. V. fig. 21., J .) 

 Olisfherartrits (.sic) abeillei, PtSring. in litt. 



($ . Elongate, very convex, clothed with long, erect, soft, 

 pallid hairs ; nigro-cierulcons or nigro-violaceons, the 

 anterior half of tlie head (two dentiform projections of the 

 dark basal portion excepted), labrnm, antennal joints 1 anil 2, 

 maxillary palpi, and tibia?, tarsi, and abdomen in part, testa- 

 ceons, the rest of the legs and anteunw infuscate. Head 

 small, much narrower than the prothorax, slightly depressed 

 in the middle between the eyes, dnll, very finely punctured ; 

 antennie long, joint 1 elongate, thickened, slender at the 

 apex, and armed with a large triangular tooth at the middle 

 beneath, 2 as long as 3, dentate at the tip within ; joint 3 

 of maxillary i)alpi subcupuliform, -i concave, securiform, 

 bifurcate at tip when viewed in ]>rotile. Prothorax about as 

 long as broad, rounded at the sules, nuich narrowed behind, 

 scai)roso-]iunctulatc, shining and a little smoother along the 

 middle, the lateral portions opaque. Scutellum transverse. 

 Elytra rather long, much wider than the prothorax, trans- 

 versely depressed behind the scutellum ; coarsely, closely 

 punctate. Legs long, slender. 



? . Head violaceous, opaque ; antennal joints 1 and 2 

 simple, narrow ; joint 4 of maxillary |)alpi narrow, oblong- 

 ovate, truueate at tip ; elytra broati, more rounded at the 

 sides. 



Length 2 J-3 mm. (<??.) 



Hub. S. Afhica, CapeTown (Mus. Capt Town). 



One J, two ? ?, the <$ bearing the MSS. name here 

 used, and all of them labelled " 10. 8()." The (S is assumed 

 to be apterous like the $ $ ; one of the latter has been 

 placed in the British Mu.^cum. 



