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Simulaforius is difTorcntiatcd from its very near relative 

 C. pircus, Hull., on the t'ollowiu}^ points. It is sni;iller, very 

 shiny in the male ami sul)0|)a([ue in the female ; p/cens is 

 opaqne in both sexes. Prothorax is narrower {2^ mm. lonji; 

 to 2i mm. wide, as against jnceiis 3 mm. long by 4 mm. 

 wide), less ampliate below frontal angles, wliich arc sharper, 

 and the margins immediately above the hind angles are 

 more broadly sinuately reHexed. The punetnration on the 

 centre of the disc is sparser and less evenly distribnted. i\\c 

 median groove is also shorter and deeper. 



On the under surface the punetnration of the sternal 

 parts is coarser and the venter is aeienlated or punetnlated 

 over the whole surface, in piceus the centre part is qnite 

 smooth. 



The pubescence also appears to be denser and longer, but 

 this may perhaps be due to being fresher specimens. 



Described from three examples, one male and two females, 

 taken by me in bush among damp leaves and detritus, 

 November 1902. 



Hub. ]\Iouth of Ifafa River, Natal. 



Chlcenius ohUqucitus, sp. n. 



Length, male llf mm., female 12-12i mm. 



Black, shining, in both sexes ; antennie, palpi, aud legs 

 red, the basal joints of the two first-named a shade lighter. 



Head very finely and densely aciculate-punctate, a little 

 ])licate on either side frontally ; antenuaj medium length, 

 joints above third basal widened and compressed. Pro- 

 thorax very transverse (males 3 mm. long by 4 mm. wide, 

 females a little wider), widest at base, apex emargiuate, its 

 angles produced but not sharp, sides for a short distance 

 below apices, males roundly, females more obliquely 

 ampliated, thence continued straightly to posterior angles, 

 which are obtuse ; base shallowly and broadly emarginate 

 mediallv, disc plane, declivous frontally, densely punctate, 

 median* line and lateral foveje shallow and not very con- 

 spicuous. 



Elytra at base hardly wider than prothorax, oblong-ovate, 

 a little narrower in male than in female, apices rounded, 

 very declivous, briefly pubescent laterally and apically, 

 deeply striate, intervals raised and more or less irregularly 

 punctate all over. 



A near ally of C. trapezicollis, did., from which it difl'crs 

 in its larger size, more trau8ver.se shape, denser and finer 

 puncturation of head and prothorax, and in the marked 



