1896.] of the Colcopiara of South Africa. ■ o37 



on each side, one at or near the median part, tlie other in the 

 posterior angle ; elytra elongated, subparallel, moderately plane, 

 striate, and having one puncture on the third interval, eighth and 

 ninth striae approximate ; anterior tarsi of male spongy underneath 

 and ciliate outwardly, broadly dilated, the basal joint is triangular ; 

 the second transverse but not wider than the apical part of the first, 

 the third one is half the size of the second. 



Ehembus capensis. 



Black, moderately shining, last joints of palpi and the three basal 

 joints of antennae piceous ; head smooth ; pro thorax smooth, broader 

 than long, plane, a little ampliated laterally in the middle, with the 

 anterior part rounded, and the posterior one slightly sinuate ; elytra 

 subparallel with the humeral angles rounded, nearly plane, striate, 

 the striae faintly punctured, the intervals plane, the third one with a 

 puncture below the median part ; under side and legs black. Length 

 14-15 mm. ; width 5-5^ mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town), Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Teibe STOMIDES. 



Mentum narrow, emarginate m the centre ; ligula shorter than the 

 paraglossae ; maxillae lobate ; mandibles long ; eyes projecting and 

 with two supra-orbital setae ; prothorax also with two lateral setae ; 

 tarsi slightly more dilated in the male than in the female. 



Gen. DISPH^EICUS, Waterh., 

 Trans. Entom. Soc. Lond., iii., 1842, p. 211. 



Dyschiridium, Chaud., BerL Ent. Zeit., 1861, p. 130. 

 Spanus, Westw., Proc. Entom. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 3. 



Mentum narrow, very shallow in the middle, with a small sharp 

 tooth in the centre nearly equal in height to the lateral lobes which 

 are moderately sharp and rounded externally ; ligula short, parallel, 

 truncate, and with two long setas in the middle of the apex ; para- 

 glossae narrow, united with the ligula, but much longer and slightly 

 divergent ; last joint of maxillary and labial palpi very broadly 

 triangular and truncate ; maxillae lobate at the tip and with a dense, 

 long fringe of hairs; mandibles, long, a little bent downward, the 

 tips arcuate, the left with one inner tooth and the right with one ; 

 labrum emarginate ; eyes projecting ; head constricted behind ; 

 antennae reaching a little further than the base of the elytra, with 

 the three basal joints nearly glabrous, the others slightly pubescent 

 and gradually thickened from the fourth to the last, the three last 

 joints more densely pubescent than the others ; prothorax sub- 

 globular with the posterior part much constricted, and having one 



