394 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the Brenthidac. 



the antennae only black, or pale brown ; the legs fulvous, with, the 

 tibio-femoral articulation black or dusky brown, the tibiae and tarsi 

 more or less ringed with black or dusky, the sutural region dark ferru- 

 ginous, the sides also sometimes ferruginous ; head subquadrate, smooth, 

 convex, rostrum less than twice the length of the head, curved, the 

 basal half trisulcate, the intermediate sulcation extending to the apex, 

 which is triangularly dilated, mandibles small, exserted ; eyes round, 

 situated near the base of the rostrum ; antennae short, thick, inserted 

 at the middle of the rostrum, the second joint curved externally, the 

 inner side near the base deeply constricted, the rest to the eighth inclu- 

 sive shortly triangular, the last three joints larger and perfoliate ; 

 prothorax oblong-ovate, smooth ; elytra rather short, subcylindrical, the 

 apex entire, deeply punctate-striate, the inner stria without punctures ; 

 legs short, anterior pair longer, femora and tibiae unarmed, tarsi short, 

 robust. Length 3£ lines. 



Zemioses. 

 Caput quadratum, convexum, collo bulbiformi. Rostrum crassum, brevis- 

 simuin, apice emarginatum. Antennce incrassatae ; articulis transversis, 

 perfoliatis, ultimis tribus majoribus. Prothorax subelongatus, antice 

 angustior, utrinque profunde impressus. Elytra oblongo-ovata, com- 

 pressa. Pedes mediocres ; tibiae brevissimae, apice spinosae, anticae intus 

 dentatae ; tarsi breves, compressi, subtus ciliati. 



Evidently allied to Tajihrodercs and Cyphagogxis, from which it 

 will be at once distinguished by the short, thick rostrum ; from 

 Calodromus* it differs principally in its short and differently formed 

 posterior legs. 



Zemioses porcatus. 



Z. piceus ; elytris striis elevatis, interstitiis transversim costatis. 



Hub. Natal. 



Pitchy ; head reddish ferruginous, short, quadrate, convex in front ; 

 neck bulbiform ; eyes round, moderately prominent, basal ; rostrum 

 short, thick, deeply emarginate or excavated at the apex ; mandibles 

 small, transverse ; antennae about as long as the prothorax, thickened, 

 perfoliate, arising from a deep sinus below the eyes, the two basal joints 

 shortly obconic, the remainder to the eighth inclusive shortly transverse, 

 the last three forming a pointed club; prothorax smooth, shining, 

 ventricose at the base, compressed and narrowed anteriorly, a deep im- 

 pression at the side, apparently for the reception of the femur and tibia ; 

 elytra narrowly oblong-ovate, compressed, with several strongly elevated 

 lines, the interstices, except near the suture, transversely ribbed ; legs 

 reddish ferruginous, femora clavate, unarmed, tibiae very short, spined 

 at the apex, the anterior dilated and spined also in the middle beneath ; 

 tarsi short, compressed, slightly ciliated beneath. Length 3i lines. 



* Caladromus eyrtotrachdus, Thorns. (Arch. i. p. 119), is Cyphayoyus West- 

 wvodii, Parry. 



