1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 215 



carinate, the last joint of the maxillary and labial palpi is more 

 abruptly trmicate. Length 15-16 mm. ; width 5J-6 mm. 

 Hab. Natal (Frere, D'Urban), Transvaal (Leydenbm^g). 



Hystrichopus rufipennis, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., vol. v., p. 706. 



Head, prothorax, and legs black ; elytra dull rusty red, with the 

 outer and apical margins narrowly infuscate ; palpi and the three 

 basal joints of antennae infuscate, the other joints of the antennae 

 rufescent ; head smooth ; prothorax much broader at the apex 

 than at the base, with the lateral margins recurved and narrowing 

 gradually towards the base ; elytra elongated, broader by one- 

 fourth at the apex than at the base, narrowly striate, with tha 

 intervals carinate and with five punctures on the third ; under side 

 reddish black ; claws with six short teeth on each side, the basal two 

 very small. Length 15 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



One of my female examples has the second and third interval 

 depressed and plane. This is accidental, I believe. 



More slender than H. dor sails, intervals of elytra more carinate. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Hystrichopus rufipes, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., vol. iii., p. 41. 



Head, prothorax, and elytra black ; palpi, antennae, and legs 

 reddish ; head smooth ; prothorax a little sinuate in front, broader 

 in the middle than at the apex, the outer sides rounded and the 

 lateral margins recurved in the posterior part only ; elytra short, 

 with the shoulders slightly rounded, a little ampliate towards the 

 median part ; opaque black or little shining, narrowly but deeply 

 striate, with the intervals slightly convex, and with three often un- 

 discernible punctures on the third ; under side black ; claws with 

 five short teeth on each side, the basal one very minute. Length 

 12-14 mm. ; width 4-5 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown, Somerset East). 



■ Sub-Gen. ASSOTATUS. 

 Hystrichopus angusticollis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., vol. i., p. 44, pi. i., fig. b, 1-7. 



Elongated, black, shining ; palpi reddish at the tip ; antennae 

 black, with the five ultimate joints slightly flavescent ; head punctu- 

 late ; prothorax long, in the shape of a truncated cone, hardly 

 sinuate in front, one-third narrower at the base than at the apex, 

 with the sides almost linear, convex in the centre, deplanate on the 

 outer sides, with the outer margins recurved from the median part to 



