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antennaj are not long iuul aii' scarcely scrrati', fuscous, witli 

 tiie basal half pale, but touclidl with fuscous above for tlje 

 first two or three joints. The head is large and long for the 

 size of the insect and the niouth produced. The thorax is 

 long and narrow, the base obviously produced, so as to lap 

 over the base of the elytra, yet not as in C/iaropus; its 

 suifacc is uneven and there is a vague fovea in the middle of 

 its base. The elytra are very thickly set with long black 

 hairs, but are yet quite shining, irregularly and thickly punc- 

 tate, subcoriaceous, soft in texture ; in one example white at 

 their apex, in the other the a])ex is concolorous. The white 

 fascia extends a liitlc on both sides, at the margins, and suture. 

 The femora ami tibiiu are clothed with long pubescence. 

 The body beneath is fuscous, the tip of the abdomen (where 

 it is not covered by the elytra) is rusty red. 



I consider it better to describe this insect than to leave it 

 undescribed, because (I) I cannot be certain that one or both 

 are not males, (2) because by the characters given it is easily 

 to be recognized, (3) because it is, as I think, plainly not 

 described by Boheman, nor to be placed iu either of the genera 

 quoted by him. 



Altalus? lugens, sp. n. 



Elongatus, totus niger, nitens ; elytris pubo brevi einerea vestitis ; 

 ore producto ; capitis fronte dcpressa, inter oculos breviter pro- 

 funde caufiliculala : prothorace oblongo-cinadrato, basi baud pro- 

 ducto, margitiibus icHexis ; elvtris pcrobsolete subcoriaceis. 



Long. 2'25 milliru. 



Ila}>, Mashonaland, Salisbury (on Mosasa, Marshall). 



This litile insect is in form similar to A.alhofascialuSj and, like 

 it, is doubtfully of this genus ; it is, however, clearly congeneric 

 with that species, but is less hairy. At first sight it is very 

 like a small Malthodes, and, indeed, at first 1 was inclined to 

 believe it to be a member of the Telephoriditf. The antennae 

 are, however, inserted well in front, almost at the apex of the 

 rostrate part of the head. The tarsi are very thin, and appa- 

 rently the claws are simple and without pads. The small 

 size and entirely black colour, if the exception is made of the 

 pitchy second joint of the antenna?, will cause this species to 

 be easily recognized. 



Three examples. 



Anthocomiis felix, sp. n. 



Statura A. ridentis, lite flavus ; ca|)itis basi, prothoracis vitta (maris 

 latiort'^, tlytrorum basi et a.acuJa subapicah subquadiata, ujcbo- 



