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Pausiris o'neili, sp. n. 



Cupi'eous, closely covered with wliite patches of pubescence, 

 apical joints of the tarsi and the tibife sometimes obscure fulvous ; 

 head very finely, thorax and elytra strongly and closely punctured. 



Length 3 millim. 



Oblong, parallel, the head finely and rather remotely punctured, 

 clothed with white hairs ; antennae with the terminal five joints 

 strongly widened, the lower two joints cujDreous, the othei'S 

 obscure fulvous or j^iceous ; thorax about one-half broader than 

 long, the sides widened and rounded at the middle, obsoletely 

 margined, the surface closely and strongly punctui'ed, of a brassy 

 cupreous, closely covered with white adpi'essed hairs ; scutelluni 

 subquadrate, closely pubescent ; elytra wider at the base than 

 the thorax, subcylindiical, parallel, sculptured and pubescent 

 like the thorax, the haii'S arranged in small patches forming 

 irregular transverse bands ; legs rather slender, tibiae moi^e or 

 less fulvous. 



Hub. Dunbrody, Cape Colony [Bev. J. A. O'Neil). 



Of more parallel shape than P. sahfasciatus Jac. from the same 

 locality, the punctvia,tion of the thoi'ax and elytra much stronger, 

 the pubescence differently arranged and denser and the punc- 

 tuation extremely close, almost rugose. 



Pausiris loxgicollis, sp. n. 



Dark aeneous, the tibiae and tarsi fulvous ; thorax rather long, 

 closely punctured, sparingly pubescent ; elytra closely punctate- 

 striate, pubescent. 



Length 2 millim. 



Head strongly punctured, the epistome not separated, carinate 

 at the sides, its anterior edge nearly straight ; antennte dark 

 fulvous, the joints more or less aeneous above, the terminal five 

 distinctly thickened ; thorax proportionately long, widened at the 

 base, the sides rounded, the anterior margin accompanied by an 

 obsolete transverse sulcus, the disc closely punctured, the punctures 

 of elongate shape, the interstices sparingly clothed with white 

 hairs ; scutellum subquadrate ; elytra wider at the base than 

 the thorax, obsoletely transversely depressed below the base, more 

 strongly punctured than the thorax in closely ajDproached rows, 

 sparingly furnished with white hairs ; femora aeneous, tibi« and 

 tarsi fulvous. 



Hah. Dunbrod}^, Cape Colony, on Euphorhice {Eev. J. A. O'JSfeil). 



Of metallic-bronze colour ; the thorax more elongate than in 

 the other species of the genus and obsoletely gi-ooved anteriorly ; 

 the pubescence may have been rubbed off partly, as the insect is 

 more shining than most of its allies ; the underside and the pi'o- 

 sternum are strongly and closely punctiu-ed. The two specimens 

 which I received from the Rev. J. A. O'Neil are probably females, 

 as the anterior tarsi are not broad. 



Pausiris femoralis, sp. n. 



Dark cupreous, clothed with white pubescence ; antennae and 



