1896.] of the Coleoj^tera of South Africa. 539 



identical, but instead of one basal puncture only near the juxta- 

 sutural stria, there is also an apical one slightly above, but not 

 connected with the last marginal puncture ; under side piceous, the 

 two last segments only of the abdomen have a transverse series of 

 closely-set punctures. Length 5^-6 mm. ; width lf-2 mm. 

 Hah. Cape Colony (Umtata, Seymour). 



Teibe APOTOMIDES. 



Mandibles long, falcate ; eyes with one supra-orbital seta ; maxillary 

 palpi long or very long, fusiform or cylindrical at apex. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



Maxillary palpi extremely long, labial ones very short ; protliorax 



globose .- Apotomus. 



Maxillary labial palpi long ; protliorax elongato-cordate . . . . Bascanus* 



Gen. APOTOMUS, Illiger, 

 Mag. Insect., vi., 1807, p. 348. 



Mentum broad, slightly emarginate and without any median tooth ; 

 ligula narrow, rounded at tip ; paraglossse also narrow, adhering to 

 the ligula, obtuse at tip and a little longer ; palpi pubescent, labial 

 very slender with the last joint very sharp, maxillary extremely long 

 and slender, the ultimate one shorter than the penultimate ; antennae 

 long, slender, the two basal joints glabrous ; head broadening a little 

 behind the eyes which are very prominent and have one supra- 

 orbital seta ; prothorax globose, and with only one median lateral 

 setigerous puncture ; body subpedunculate ; elytra oblong, depressed 

 in the dorsal part ; legs long, moderately slender ; tarsi slender in 

 both sexes, claws small, simple. 



The genus is represented in Southern Europe, Africa (Sennar, 

 Abyssinia), Madeira, Madagascar, India, Ceylon, and Australia. 



Syno]}sis of Species. 

 Antennae pale flavescent, with the fourth, fifth, and sixth 



joints infuscate annulaticornis. 



Antennae entirely ferruginous brown flavescois. 



Apotomus annulaticoenis. 

 Ferruginous red, pubescent ; palpi and legs flavescent ; antennae 

 pale flavescent with the fifth, sixth, and seventh joints distinctly 

 infuscate ; head very slightly aciculate ; prothorax globose, much 

 constricted behind, distinctly grooved longitudinally in the centre, 

 densely pubescent ; elytra oblong, slightly depressed in the anterior 



* I place the genus Bascanus temporarily only in the tribe Apotomides. The 

 two genera contained in this tribe are very aberrant forms. 



