480 IMr. G. C. Cliamplon on 



obscnra. Elytra viridia, nitida, immaculata. Corpus rufum 

 pectore viridi/' 



31. Hedybius hamatipygus, sp. n. 



^ . Elongate, much widened posteriorly, shining, thickly 

 clothed with whitish pubescence intermixed with long, erect, 

 darker hairs ; head (the labrum excepted), the terminal 

 three or four outer joints of the antennae, the scutellum, 

 tibise, and the tarsi iu part in one specimen black, the rest 

 of the antennae (except joint 1 above), the prothorax, the 

 femora to near the tip, anterior coxse, and abdomen rufous 

 or testaceous, the elytra and metasternum blue or bluish- 

 green ; the head and prothorax obsoletely punctulate, the 

 elytra uneven and densely, finely, subrugulosely punctured. 

 Head (PI. XIV. fig. 27) narrower than the prothorax, with a 

 very broad, deep, shining, arcuate, frontal excavation, which 

 is limited on each side by a stout, subconical, supraocular 

 tooth, and anteriorly by a bisinuate plica, the plica inter- 

 rupted in the middle by a short, stout^ cleft, ciliate, horn-like 

 prominence; antennae moderately long, stout. Prothorax 

 transverse, convex, obliquely narrowed posteriorly ; pro- 

 duced and. transversely excavate in the centre anteriorly, 

 and furnished with a spiniform, erect, matted tuft of black 

 liairs in front. Elytra wider than the prothorax, incom- 

 pletely covering the abdomen. Pygidium abruptly con- 

 stricted before the apex; the apical portion narrow, tubulate, 

 deeply semicircularly emarginate, and armed on each side 

 with a stout, blackish, downwardly-curved hook, the terminal 

 ventral segment excavate and armed with similar upwardly- 

 curved hooks. Legs very hairy ; anterior tarsal joints 1 

 and 2 thickened, 2 extending over the base of 3. 



Length (to tip of elytra) 4-4^ mm. 



Hab. S. Africa, Pretoria, Transvaal (L. M. Bucknill : 

 1913 : type), Salisbury, Rhodesia (Dr. G. A. K. Marshall: 

 iii. 1895). 



Two males, precisely similar. This species somewhat 

 resembles H. hirtus, F, (= oculatus, Thunb.), which has 

 simple anterior tarsi, &c. The (^ pygidial armature is very 

 remarkable. 



32. Hedybius cucuUatus, sp. n. 



(^ . Moderately elongate, shining, thickly clothed with 

 pallid or whitish pubescence intermixed with long, erect, 

 soft hairs ; brassy-black, the head above, the prothorax, and 

 abdomen testaceous, the antennae infuscate with the basal 



