566 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



longitudinal line narrow, a round, deep, but not broad depression on 

 each side of the base ; elytra oblong, nearly truncate at base, with 

 the shoulders subangular, deeply sinuate behind, convex, finely 

 striate, the striae very faint laterally, intervals smooth, no puncture 

 on the third stria, epipleurse and often the apical part of elytra ferru- 

 ginous. Length 11 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester). 



Gen. TEEATOTAESUS, Tschisch., 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss., xxvii., 1893, p. 452. 



Mentum broad with a median tooth, slightly bifid at tip, lateral 

 lobes nearly perpendicular ; ligula moderately broad, truncate at tip, 

 with the lateral part oblique, paraglossae moderately broad, discon- 

 nected from near the tip and hardly longer ; maxillae, palpi, labrum, 

 and mandibles of Pterostichus (Cophosomorjohus) ; prothorax elongato- 

 quadrate ; elytra nearly parallel, a little attenuate behind ; joints 

 of anterior tarsi not dilated in either sex. 



I have not been able to confirm Tschischerine's statement that in 

 the male the basal joints of the anterior tarsi are not dilated, as 

 I have seen only four female examples. Were it not for that 

 abnormal character, the species T. Scliouherti could hardly be 

 removed from the South African Pterostichus, in spite of its some- 

 what singular facies. 



Teratotarsus Schouberti, Tschisch., 

 Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss., xxvii., 1893, p. 454. 



Black, subopaque; palpi, the three basal joints of antennae and the 

 tarsi piceous ; head smooth, without any trace of frontal impres- 

 sion ; eyes small ; prothorax nearly parallel, although very slightly 

 attenuate at the apex, marginate, disk smooth, not much convex, the 

 base transversely depressed, slightly shagreened, moderately im- 

 pressed laterally with almost no depression between the median 

 longitudinal line and the outer angle ; elytra almost parallel from 

 the humeral angle which is sharp to three-fourths of the length, 

 a little attenuate in the posterior part which is very slightly sinuate, 

 not much convex in the anterior part, more so past the middle, and 

 declivous behind, narrowly striate, with the median part of the 

 ninth interval impunctate, there is a scutellary stria, and no puncture 

 on the third interval ; under side and legs piceous black. Length 

 19 mm. ; width 8 mm. 



Hab. Cape Town. 



This species has only been met to my knowledge on the Table 

 Mountain range. 



