1896.] of the ColeojJtera of South Africa. 429 



underneath, the basal one glabrous, those of the intermediate ones 

 neither subdilate nor squamulose ; the basal joint of the hind tarsi 

 as long as the next two together. 



Syii02)sis of Species. 



Prothorax ampliate in the middle, the base nearly smooth . . . . imitator. 

 Prothorax sinuate behind, thickly aciculate along the base . . . . venator. 



PSEUDOSELENOPHORUS IMITATOR. 



Piceous, or with a greenish tinge on the upper part ; palpi, 

 antennae, and legs fiavescent ; under side ferruginous ; margins of 

 prothorax narrowly rufescent ; head smooth, short, the two im- 

 pressions above the suture of the clypeus absent ; prothorax a little 

 ampliate in the anterior part, narrowed behind, but not sinuate, and 

 with the posterior angle acute, disk smooth, posterior lateral depres- 

 sions very faint, base slightly aciculate ; scutellum rufescent ; elytra 

 slightly oblong, narrowly striate, intervals plane, smooth, the third, 

 fifth, and seventh each with a row of punctures running from the 

 base to the apex. Length 7 mm. ; width 3^ mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Lourengo-Marquez), Natal (no exact locality), 

 Ovampoland. 



PSEUDOSELENOPHORUS VENATOR, Bohem. 



Harpalus venator, Insect. Caffr,, i., p. 211. 



Piceous red, with the palpi and legs fiavescent ; labrum and 

 antennge rufescent ; prothorax broadly edged with reddish brown ; 

 outer margin of elytra also reddish brown ; under side piceous ; head 

 smooth, with the two impressions above the suture of the clypeus 

 discernible ; prothorax slightly rounded from the apex to about the 

 median part and sinuate from there to the posterior angle, which is 

 sharp, smooth in the anterior part of the disk, the lateral posterior 

 part depressed, and the whole of the base thickly aciculate ; elytra 

 elongate, nearly parallel, slightly broader than the prothorax, 

 narrowly striate ; intervals plane, smooth, the punctures on the 

 third, fifth, and seventh intervals not very conspicuous. Length 

 8 mm, ; width 3 mm. 



In one of my examples the suture of the elytra is as reddish 

 brown as the outer margin. 



Hab. Bechuanaland (Vryburg). 



Gen. OMOSTEOPUS. 



Mentum moderately broad, emarginate, with a short median tooth, 

 inner part of the lobes sloping, apex sharp, outer part rounded ; 

 ligula long, very slender, slightly emarginate at the tip ; paraglossae 



