1896.] of the Coleo2)tera of South Africa. 237 



Differs from K. consohrinus not only in the colouring of the head and 

 prothorax, but in the striation of the elytra, which is not so deep^ 

 and the punctures not so broad ; the intervals are also not so highly 

 raised. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



Gen. KLEPSIPHEUS. 



Mentum broadly notched, without any median tooth but slightly 

 sinuate in the centre ; lateral lobes short ; ligula broad, horny, a 

 little emarginate at the tip, paraglossse as long as the ligula, and 

 slightly rounded outwardly ; labrum short, notched in the middle ; 

 last joint of maxillary palpi fusiform, the labial one less so ; head 

 narrowed behind ; prothorax hardly narrowed behind, the anterior 

 and posterior angles not rounded, but the former more acute ; elytra 

 elongate, very little ampliated behind, striate ; claws pectinate. 



Klepsiphrus pugnax. 



Head piceous, depressed on each side in the anterior part, very 

 narrowed behind, quite smooth and shining ; antennae and palpi 

 slightly rufescent ; prothorax dark brown, very slightly broader at 

 the apex than at the base, truncate at both ends, outer sides parallel, 

 with the anterior angles very acute and the posterior one very 

 slightly rounded, narrowly grooved in the centre with a small 

 depression at each end of the groove, smooth, shining with a faint 

 transverse plication ; elytra elongated, nearly parallel, dark brown, 

 shining, depressed, deeply striate, with the intervals moderately 

 broad, and with a series of deep punctures on the third, fifth, and 

 seventh ; femora slightly rufescent, with the tibiae dark brown. 

 Length 8 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Louren^o-Marquez). 



Gen. ASTASTUS. 



Ligula, paraglossae, and mentum of Metaxymoiyhiis, last joint of 

 maxillary and labial palpi fusiform, much inflated in the centre, and 

 acuminate at the tip ; labrum short ; joints of antennae short and 

 closely set, the second and third nearly equal ; head ovate, with a 

 distinct neck ; eyes prominent ; prothorax one-third longer than 

 broad, broader at the apex than at the base, and with the sides 

 nearly straight but for a small sinuation above the outer angle ; 

 elytra plane, elongated, truncate behind with the shoulders slightly 

 rounded, and broader at the apex than at the base ; tarsi slender, 

 the fourth joint hardly incised ; claws not pectinate. 



I am not sure that this genus should come in the DromiidcB 

 section or the CymiiulidcE, much more so as I have not been able 



