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and subobliquely truncate at the tip, the penultimate one without 

 setae ; the last of the maxillary palpi swollen, subobhquely trun- 

 cate ; labrum with six setigerous punctures, the two middle ones 

 close to each other ; head with a seta on each side of the apical part 

 of the epistoma, and one over the posterior part of the eye ; eyes 

 prominent ; prothorax cordiform with the basal angles indistinct, 

 without any lateral setae, and not impressed laterally above the base ; 

 elytra oblong, ampliated in the posterior part ; legs moderately long, 

 tarsi very long. 



It is doubtful if this genus is in its proper place among the 

 Chlcenides. The absence of lateral supra-basal impressions on the 

 prothorax, the pyriform shape of the labial palpi, and also the 

 sculpture of the elytra are very peculiar. It is not a *' truncatipenne," 

 as surmised by De Chaudoir, and the only example I have seen is 

 Boheman's unique type, which I take to be a female ; had the 

 labrum four punctures instead of six, I would have included it in 

 the Panagmcles. 



Plekoticus lucidulus, Bohem. 

 Vertagus lucidulus, Insect. Caffr., i., p. 131. 



Violaceous with the antennae, with the exception of the three basal 

 joints, and the legs black ; head very closely punctured ; prothorax 

 ovate, a little convex, gradually narrowed towards the base and 

 not constricted above the basal angle which does not project ; 

 deeply and closely pitted, almost glabrous, narrowly grooved longitu- 

 dinally in the middle but without any lateral supra-basal impressions ; 

 elytra not broader than the prothorax at the base, rounded at the 

 shoulders, gradually ampliated from there to posterior part, where 

 they are one-third broader than at the base ; slightly convex in the 

 posterior part, striate, with the intervals plane and covered with 

 broad, nearly confluent punctures. Length 10 mm. ; width 4 mm. 



Hah. Caffraria. 



Gen. CALLISTOMIMUS, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1872, p. 382. 



Mentum deeply emarginate with the inner lobes straight, no 

 median tooth ; ligula in the shape of an inverted triangle and 

 bearing two long setae in the middle of the apex, paraglossae slender, 

 straight, and much longer than the ligula ; last joints of maxillary 

 and labial palpi ovate and very sharp and pubescent, outer maxillary 

 lobe formed of one piece ; mandibles long, slender ; labrum trans- 

 verse, plurisetose, clypeus with two distinct setigerous punctures ; 

 head with one supra-orbital setigerous puncture ; antennge with the 

 four basal joints slender, and the others l^roadening gradually 



