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Cape. The elytral fascia much narrower ; the frontal 

 excavation of the <$ with the three infuscate dentiform 

 prominences closely placed, and the basal margin of tlie 

 cavity truncate in the middle and without trace of angu- 

 lation in front of the eyes. 



11 (b). Hedyhius tripustulatus, sp. n. 



S . Moderately elongate, broad, shining, thickly clothed 

 with long, soft, erect, pallid hairs, the antennae, legs, aud 

 nnder surface finely cinereo-pubescent j bluish-green, the 

 antennae and legs greenish-black, the cephalic cavity, clypeus, 

 and elytra rufo-testaceous, the elytra with a large, cotnraon, 

 subquadrate or cordiform patch at the base and a siill larger 

 transverse or rounded patch on the disc of each of them 

 towards the apex (the latter extending to the suture, but not 

 reaching the outer margin) cyaneous or violaceous ; the 

 head at the base and prothorax finely, the elytra coarsely, 

 closely punctured. Head (with the eyes) (fig. 2) about as 

 broad as the prothorax, with an extremely large, broad, 

 deep, subopaque, frontal excavation, the margins of which 

 are more or less reflexed, bisinuate above, angularly dilated 

 inward on each side before the eyes, and raised in front 

 into two triangular, curved, vertical, subcontiguous lamellae, 

 the tips of these reaching a porrect horn arising from the 

 centre of the cavity ; antennge long, stout, serrate, tapering 

 towards the tip. Prothorax broad, strongly transverse, 

 rounded at the sides, obliquely narrowed behind, canaliculate 

 in the centre anteriorly, the margins reflexed. Elytra much 

 broader than the prothorax, a little widened posteriorly, 

 oblong-subquadrate, rounded at the tip. Anterior tarsi 

 5-jointed, simple. 



? . Head a little smaller, metallic, simply transversely 

 depressed in the middle anteriorly ; antennae much shorter 

 and more slender, joints 2-^ partly testaceous beneath. 



Length 3J-4 mm. 



Hub. S. Africa, Bothaville, Orange Free State (D7\ 

 Brauns: 10. iv. 1899: $ ), New Hanover, Natal (C. B, 

 Hardenbery : 24. ix. 1914 : ^ ? , types). 



One (^,two ? $. A remarkably distinct form belonging 

 to the first section of the genus, as defined by me in 1921, 

 near H. trilobatus and H. maculifer. Dr. Peringuey some 

 time ago sent me the $ of it captured by Dr. Brauns, but 

 this was left unnamed till the S had been found. The types 

 have been presented to the British Museum. H. divtrsi- 



