the African Species o/Hedjbius. 491 



The protlioracic tuft of the S resembles that of Hedybius 

 hirhis, F. The ? may be kno\vn from tliat of Hedybius 

 sculptilis, Gorh., by the narrower fifth autennal joiat aud the 

 less transverse prothorax. 



4. Philhedonus caffraricus^ sp. n. 



cJ . Elongate, widened posteriorly, shining, cinereo-pubes- 

 cent, with longer blackish erect hairs intermixed ; black, 

 the oral organs in part, a transverse space on the epistomn, 

 joints 1-4 of the antennae (a streak on 1 excepted), the pro- 

 thorax, and abdomen (a patch at the apex of the pygidium 

 excepted) testaceous, the elytra nigro-violaceous ; the head 

 and prothorax very sparsely, minutely, the elytra somewhat 

 closely, finely punctate. Head (text-fig. 3) narrower than 

 the prothorax, with a smooth, deep, transverse, interocular 

 excavation, which is limited in front by the short, convex 

 epistoma, laterally by an angular ridge, and posteriorly 

 by a prominent, transverse, mesially-interrupted carina, the 



Fiff. 3. 



Head oi riiilhedonvs caffraricus, c?. 



vertex also transversely excavate behind this, the cavity 

 divided by a short median carina ; antennse moderately long, 

 sharply serrate. Prothorax convex, transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, much narrowed behind, depressed in the middle in 

 front ; the anterior margin triangularly raised in the centre, 

 and with a pallid, acute, dentiform process arising from 

 beneath the central prouiiueuce. Elytra moderately long, 

 wider than the prothorax. Anterior tarsi simple, 4- jointed. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Caffbaria {ex coll. Sharp). 



One c^ , from an old collection. This insect is nearly 

 related to P. {Hedybius) coriaceus, Er., the (J of which has 

 a very differently shaped head and prothorax, a metallic 

 abdomen, &c. 



