244 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



tip rounded ; labrum short ; antennge with the second joint shorter 

 than the third, the others subequal ; labrum short ; last joint of 

 labial palpi subcylindrical, truncate at the tip, that of the maxillary 

 moderately securiform ; jaws denticulate inwardly ; head short, 

 ovate ; prothorax short, not much longer than the head, the 

 posterior angles very acute, broader at the apex than at the base 

 and with the anterior angles rounded ; elytra ovate, somewhat 

 convex, with three punctures on the third interval, one below the 

 bifid basal stria and near to it, the second one in the centre of the 

 interval at about the median part, and the third one also in the 

 centre of the interval and at the same distance from the apex as the 

 anterior one from the base ; legs moderately long ; anterior and 

 median joints of tarsi short, much shorter than the hind ones, the 

 fourth joint hardly incised ; the claws well developed and not 

 pectinate. 



Synopsis of Species. 



Rusty red ; elytra somewhat convex, with the posterior part 



black posticalis. 



Pale yellow ; elytra plane modesUis. 



SiNGILIOMIMUS POSTICALIS. 



Eusty red, with the posterior part of the elytra black ; antennae 

 rufescent ; head closely and roughly punctured ; prothorax very 

 rugose and with a narrow median groove ; elytra subovate, some- 

 what convex, deeply striate, with the intervals narrow and very 

 convex, the black patch, the anterior edge of which is slightly sinuose, 

 extends from the second third of the length to the apex ; under side 

 and legs rusty red, the two last abdominal segments are infuscate. 

 Length 5 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (O'okiep). 



SiNGILIOMIMUS MODESTUS. 



Totally light yellow ; head closely but not very deeply punctured ; 

 prothorax closely punctured and with a short median groove ; elytra 

 subovate, not convex, narrowly punctato-striate, with the intervals 

 smooth and plane. Length 6 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Damaraland (Svakop Eiver). 



Gen. PHLCEOZETUS, Peyron, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1856, p. 715. 



Mentum moderately broad, with a short sharp median tooth ; 

 ligula very slightly projecting above the paraglossas, which are 

 narrower, rounded outwardly, with the tip, and also that of the ligula, 

 with moderately long bristles ; last joint of labial palpi subfusiform, 



