102 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Mantica Horni, Kolbe, 

 Ent. Nach., 1896, p. 7. 



'' Slender, deep black, shining ; body and legs with erect, scattered 

 hairs ; elytra moderately broad ; head glabrous, smooth, hardly 

 punctured ; prothorax punctate in front and laterally ; elytra very 

 rough and with carinate tubercles larger than in the species of the 

 genus Manticl'iora ; the anterior median part of the disk and also 

 the anterior part of the epipleurse are moderately smooth, the former 

 here and there with sparse, minute tubercles, the latter Avith scattered, 

 nearly obliterated punctures ; on each side of the apical part there 

 is a single longitudinal serrate ridge, slightly oblique, and reaching 

 the apex. Length 29 mm." 



Hah. Great Namaqualand (Han-ami Plateau). 



Tkibe MEaACEPHALIDES. 



Gen. STYPHLODEEMA, Waterh., 



Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1877, xx., p. 424. 



''General characters of Tetracha ; apical joint of the palpi much 

 more securiform than in Tetracha ; elytra rather depressed, elongato- 

 ovate ; shoulders completely effaced ; wings none ; anterior tarsi of 

 male with the first three joints only slightly dilated ; posterior tibiae 

 with two or three slight grooves above ; abdomen with seven seg- 

 ments in the male, the penultimate segment emarginate. 



The anterior tarsi in the male of this insect resemble those of 

 Megacepliala, with which it agrees also in being apterous ; but in its 

 other characters it agrees more nearly with Tetracha. From this 

 latter it differs in the form of anterior tarsi, in being apterous, and 

 in having the apical joint of the palpi much more securiform." 



Styphloderma aspeeatum, Waterh., 

 hoc. cit., p. 424. 



" Head nearly smooth, with a shallow metallic impression at the 

 base of each antenna ; cheeks green ; thorax rather narrower than 

 the width of the head across the eyes, convex, narrowed at base; 

 the anterior and posterior borders metallic, sprinkled with roundish 

 tubercles ; the disk gibbous. There is an obtuse tooth at the side, 

 just before each posterior angle ; the base is gently arcuate, not 

 lobed in the middle ; elytra narrower at their base, dull black, 

 slightly tinged with blue, the surface densely covered with conical 

 tubercles which are directed backwards ; each elytron has a small 

 rusty or white spot near the base, and another near the apex ; the 

 elytra are connate. Length 10-|- lin. ; width 4 lin." 



"A female example has the elytra more ample, immaculate, and 

 the sutural angle blunted." 



