and Species of Coleoj^tera. 40!) 



verse, tlie fifth to tentli forming an elongate club. Eyes 

 rather hirge, somewhat approximate helow. Tliorax trans- 

 verse. Elytra elongate, parallel, rounded at the apex. Ante- 

 rior eoxiu larije, conical : anterior tibiie short, wide at the 

 apex, with two very strong teeth on tlie outer edge ; tarsi 

 nearly as long as the tibia ; claws short, with a very strong 

 tooth towards the apex. Intermediate tarsi long and slender, 

 about one third longer than the tibia; the claws to these and the 

 posterior tarsi very slightly curved, tiexuous, withan obtuse tooth 

 at the base, an acute tooth (made by a fissure) towards the apex ; 

 the apex very acute, curved. Posterior tarsi nearly 3^ times 

 as long as the tibia, very slender ; the basal joint the longest ; 

 all clothed with very long delicate hairs. Metasternum rather 

 long. Pygidium acuminate. 



I place this genus next to Fach^colus, but with some 

 donbt. 



Trichinopus jlavipennisj s]). nov. 



T. elongatus, parallehis, nitidus, hirsutiis, pallide piceus, clytris 

 llavo-testaceis ; capite piceo-nigro, fronte discrete punctulata, 

 planata ; clypeo coacavo, piceo, discrete punctulato, antice medio 

 levitcr emarginato, angulis rotundatis ; thorace fere duplo latiore, 

 longitudino ^ latiore, piceo, antice leviter emarginato, angulis 

 anticis obtusis, lateribus rotundatis, angulis posticis omuino ro- 

 tundatis, basi vix arcuata, disco utrinque discrete puuctiUato ; 

 scutello elongato-triaugidari, piceo; elytris thorace vix latioribus, 

 fere triplo longioribus, leviter convexis, flavo-testaceis, parallelis, 

 ad apieem conjuncto-rotundatis, irregulariter sat crebre distincte 

 punctatis ; tibiis anticis brevibus, extus fortiter bidentatis, tarsis 

 brevibus ; tarsis intermediis longis ; tarsis posticis longissimis, 

 tibia fore 3i longioribus, gracihbus, pilis pallidis praelongis 

 ornatis. Long. 4 lin., lat. H lin. 



The whole upperside of this insect is clothed with pale 

 pubescence, which is very long on the thorax and sides of the 

 elytra. The underside of the body and the legs are mode- 

 rately covered with long hair ; the intermediate tarsi have 

 only a fcAv hairs at the apex of each joint ; the posterior tarsi 

 are remarkable for the very long pale delicate hair with which 

 they are thickly clothed. 



Hah. South Africa, Lake Ngami. B.M. 



Perissosoma, gen. nov. 



Men turn broad at the base, acuminate in front ; labium not 

 distinct. Labial palpi with the two basal joints short ; the 

 apical joint elongate, fusiform. Mandibles short, triangular, 



Ann.ii-Marj.X.IHst. Ser.4. TW. xv. 29 



