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closely set punctures, many of which bear a very short, greyish 

 hair, the sides are rounded in the anterior part, the apical angle is 

 very sharp, and there is in the middle of the discoidal part a very 

 narrow impressed line extending from the base to the median part ; 

 elytra a little broader at base than the basal part of the prothorax, 

 and also a little broader behind the shoulders than the prothorax at 

 its widest, not ampliate laterally, very little convex, finely striate, 

 striae geminate, intervals slightly convex and having each one row of 

 decumbent, very short, greyish hairs not closely set ; pygidium 

 punctulate ; sides of abdomen deeply pitted; the median part of the 

 metasternum is closely but not deeply punctulate, slightly callose 

 near the tip, and has no median longitudinal impression, the sides are 

 very deeply pitted ; posterior tibiee very slightly serrulate inwardly. 



Length 6 mm. ; width 3i mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Griqualand West). 



Epieinus hilabis, n. spec. 



Bronze, not very shining ; head very deeply and closely punctured ; 

 prothorax convex, very closely and deeply punctured, sides slightly 

 coriaceous, there is hardly any trace of a median longitudinal 

 impressed line in the discoidal part, but there is a very slight 

 impression at the base, the outer sides are regularly rounded in the 

 anterior part, and there is on each side of the lateral part an anterior 

 round impression a little better defined than in the other species of 

 the genus ; elytra one-half longer than the prothorax, convex and 

 very dehiscent behind, suture raised and slightly gibbose in the 

 posterior part; they are striate with the striae geminate, and the 

 intervals are sub-carinate and have each a closely set row of 

 punctures bearing short, greyish bristles, the outer carina is very 

 sharp, and a little recurved ; pygidium punctulate ; abdominal 

 segments deeply pitted ; metasternum closely punctulate in the 

 middle, not callose at tip and without a trace of longitudinal 

 impressed line, the punctures on the sides are deeper than in the 

 median part ; posterior tibiae not serrulate inw^ardly in either sex. 



Length 3-3J mm. ; width 2| mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



Epieinus comosus, n. spec. 



Bronze-black, opaque on the upper part, but a little lighter 

 beneath ; head deeply and closely punctured, and covered with dense 

 semi - decumbent, greyish, bristle - like hairs ; prothorax rounded 



