484 Descriptive Catalog2ie [1896. 



a little Eudema iwetiosum, but they differ from all the Panagceides 

 by the shape of the anterior tarsi of the male, the second, third, and 

 fourth joints of which are moderately dilated and cordiform, and the 

 fourth one a little incised, the basal one is triangular and thickly set 

 underneath with hairs, at the end only, while the whole under part 

 of the three following joints is so ; the antennae are slender, hardly 

 longer than the humeral angle of the elytra, first joint cylindrical, 

 glabrous, as long as the third, which is hardly longer than the 

 fourth, the fifth and sixth set with a few short hairs, the others 

 finely pubescent, the eleventh hardly longer than the preceding ones 

 and sharp at the tip ; mentum transverse, very little incised, broad 

 at the base, the median tooth wide, hollow ; labrum, palpi, mandibles, 

 maxillae, and legs as in most of the Ejncosmus without pubescence 

 beneath the tarsi ; the posterior episterna longer than broad, abdomen 

 subovate, finely punctured ; head small, not longer than broad, not 

 narrowed behind ; prothorax broad, transverse, narrowed in front, 

 rounded on the sides, ending in a small tooth in the posterior angles ; 

 elytra slightly rectangular, not pedunculate, and with the base 

 sharply truncate, not fused, little convex, and not broader than the 

 prothorax. 



This genus is unknown to me, and the diagnosis, as here given, 

 is the translation of that of De Chaudoir. Two species are known, 

 one from the West Coast of Africa, the other from Natal. 



Epigeaphus amplicollis, Schaum, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1853, p. 438. 



Head with moderately dense punctures, smooth in the anterior 

 part ; antennae a little longer than the thorax, and black ; prothorax 

 twice as broad as long, almost semicircular, subtruncate in front 

 with the outer sides much rounded at its widest a little past the 

 median part, truncate at the base with the posterior angles denticu- 

 late, little convex on the upper side, and closely and roughly punc- 

 tured, grooved longitudinally in the centre, and impressed on each 

 side of the base ; elytra ovate, hardly wider in front than the pro- 

 thorax, shoulders rounded, outer sides slightly ampliate, little convex, 

 and having on each side nine punctured striae with intervals closely 

 punctured, and having on each side two short yellow fasciae, the 

 anterior one extending from the third striae and the outer margin, 

 the posterior one placed between the third and the eighth striae ; 

 under side and legs deeply punctured. Length 12^ mm. ; width 

 5^ mm. 



Hab. Natal. 



