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Var., capite, antennis, palpis, elytris usque ad fasciam postervorem, 
corpore subtus cum pedibus rufo-ferrugineis. 
Hab. Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony (brauns). 
Antenne as in 7’. pectoralis, but less robust, the two basal joints 
stout, the intermediate joints longer than wide, the three apical 
forming a lax club. The thorax is notably shorter than in 
T. pectoralis and of a different form, being much more narrowed 
towards the base; its disk is also roughly punctured and uneven, 
finely pubescent with long hairs, but neither it nor the elytra are 
so thickly pubescent as in 7’. pectoralis. The elytra are black, or, 
as in the variety, red to the second fascia. The fasciz are raised 
and ivory-white, not clothed with silky-white hairs (as they are 
in 7. pectoralis), but clear shining white; the anterior one is 
shortened, so as to leave a space at the suture equal to its own 
length, nor does it reach the margin. 
There are two examples of the type form and two of the variety. 
NorostEnus Spinola. 
Notostenus Schenk. t.c. p. 114. 
Norosrenus viripis Thun. Nov. Ins. vol. i. p. 9 (1784). 
Hab, Algoa Bay (rawis). 
MELYRID2. 
ANTHOCOMUS Hrichs. 
ANTHOCOMUS CORTACEUS, Sp. Nn. 
Breviter oblongus, niger, obscure subviridescens, longe pubescens ; 
capite prothoraceque nitidis, hoc profunde parce punctatus ; 
elytris coriaceis; antenwis (apice exceptis), tibiis tarsisque 
ferrugineis. Long. 4 millim. 
Hab. Bothaville, Orange R. Colony (Lrauns). 
Black, densely clothed with long black pubescence. Head and 
thorax shining, the former very closely and finely, the latter very 
sparsely punctured. Clothed all over with long fine hairs. The 
mouth, palpi, antennz (excepting the extreme tip), the tibie, and 
tarsi are ferruginous red. The elytra are little shining, coriaceous, 
tubercles obscurely in rows and but little elevated, being rather 
uniform all over their surface. There is a slight greenish, but 
hardly perceptible, tint over the whole upper surface ; the body 
beneath is quite black. As there are only two specimens, and I 
cannot distinguish the sexes, it is impossible to say if thisis a true 
Anthocomus. "The lamellze of the tarsi are about as long as the claws. 
Hepystius Erichson. 
HEDYBIUS SCULPTICEPS, Sp. n. 
Nigro-subceruleus ; capite (basi excepta), antennis (articulis extus 
et apicem versus nigro notatis), prothoracis margine, pedibus 
Tigi 
