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the base, distinctly plicate transversely ; elytra narrow at the base, 

 gradually ampliate behind, one-third broader above the apex than at 

 the base, with the lateral sides linear, deeply punctato-striate, with 

 the intervals narrow, convex, and the third one with five punctures ; 

 under side black, shining ; tarsi long ; claws with six long teeth 

 on each side. Length 18 mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hab. Caffraria, teste Bohem. 



Kindly communicated by Prof. C.Auri villus. 



Hystrichopus geacilis. 



EJongated, black, shining ; head smooth ; prothorax long, broad 

 at the apex, narrow at the base, the outer sides deplanate and 

 separated from the disk by a deep depression, narrowly grooved in 

 the centre and finely plicate transversely ; elytra elongated, narrow, 

 one-fourth broader at the apex than at the base, with the lateral 

 sides nearly straight, deeply striate with the intervals carinate, the 

 third with four punctures ; under side black ; tarsi long ; claws with 

 five long, nearly equal, teeth on each side. Length 17 mm. ; width 

 4|- mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Leydenburg) . 



Female unknown. 



Hystetchopus sulcatus, Lej., 

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



Black, shining, with the elytra dark red ; head smooth in the centre ; 

 prothorax elongate, one-fourth longer than broad, sinuate in front, 

 the lateral sides a little curved inwardly, and the basal part nearly as 

 broad as the apical one, broadly grooved in the centre, with a deep 

 depression on each side of the disk, the outer sides slightly depressed 

 and deeply punctured, lateral margins acute and recurved from the 

 median part to the apex ; base of elytra hardly broader than that of 

 the prothorax, gradually ampliate behind with the outer sides nearly 

 straight, nearly one-third broader a little above the apex than at the 

 base, deeply but narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals very 

 convex, the third one with five punctures, the punctures on the 

 lateral sides very broad, closely set and sometimes confluent ; under 

 side black, shining ; claws with five very short teeth on each side. 



The shape of the prothorax gives this species a very distinct facies. 



Length 18 mm. ; width 6-7 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Hystrichopus Mniszechi. 



Entirely similar to H, sulcatus, but a little longer ; the elytra are 

 black and moderately shining. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Chaudoir's Collection). 



