564 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Ptekostichus Severini, Tschisch., 

 Ann. Mus. ZooL Ac. Sc. St. Petersb., 1896, p. 2. 



Black, subopaque ; antennae ferruginous ; head with two deep 

 frontal impressions ; prothorax a little rounded laterally from the 

 anterior angle to the median part, but straight from there to the 

 posterior angle where the outer margin is a little recurved, median 

 longitudinal line on the disk deep, and on each side of the posterior 

 part a deep narrow groove between the median line and the outer 

 angle ; elytra subparallel, as broad as the prothorax, humeral angles 

 sharp, normally sinuate behind, striate, the intervals plane, with the 

 exception of the seventh, which is distinctly carinate from the base 

 to past the middle and very much raised in the anterior part, there 

 is a scutellary stria and the third interval is impunctate ; under side 

 and legs piceous ; tarsi piceous red. Length 18-21 mm. ; width 

 7-7f mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Slopes of Table Mountain). 



Pteeostichus eugipennis, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., iii., p. 394. 



Black, shining ; antennae ferruginous, the three basal joints piceous; 

 legs and under side black ; head smooth, frontal impressions long, 

 moderately deep ; prothorax a little rounded laterally in the anterior 

 part, but nearly straight from the median part to the posterior angle, 

 which is acute and with the outer margin very slightly raised, median 

 longitudinal line and basal grooves well defined ; elytra as broad as 

 the prothorax at the base, a little ampliated laterally from about one- 

 third of the length, sinuate normally behind, narrowly and deeply 

 striate, with the intervals a little convex and transversely plicate, the 

 plication is not deep, and the lines which are slightly wavy are nearly 

 parallel. Length 20 mm. ; width 8 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony. 



Pteeostichus undulatoeugosus, Tschisch., 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss., xxv., 1891, p. 152. 



Black, subopaque ; elytra quite opaque ; antennge black, with the 

 basal joints, palpi, and the tarsi piceous red ; head smooth, frontal 

 impressions faint and replaced by three short, shallow sulci ; pro- 

 thorax parallel laterally, with the posterior angles slightly rounded, 

 and the outer margin not recurved, truncate apically, but with the 

 angles projecting sharply, the disk has a faint, wavy plication, the 

 posterior part is depressed, the median longitudinal line reaches the 

 base, the median part of which is longitudinally plicate, and the basal 

 impressions are shallow and not sulcate ; elytra as broad as the pro- 



