ADDENDA 



Teibe BEACHINIDES. 



Gen. BEACHINUS. 



Brachinus obliterus. 



Head, palpi, prothorax, scutellum, and legs reddish ; antennae 

 infuscate, with the exception of the two basal joints which are 

 reddish ; elytra briefly pubescent, slightly costulate on the dorsal 

 part, black with a narrow lateral reddish margin and two round 

 reddish spots in the posterior part, the first one is placed a short 

 distance from the apex, where the second and third costae end, and 

 the other one a little lower down in the posterior angle where it 

 unites with the lateral margin ; under side rufescent, with the lateral 

 and also the apical part of the abdomen infuscate. Length 6^ mm. ; 

 width 3 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Escourt). 



Its nearest ally is B. simulans, but it is smaller ; the joints of the 

 antennae, with the exception of the two basal ones, are infuscate 

 instead of red as in the latter ; the costae on the elytra are not so 

 conspicuous, and in B. simulans there is no trace of the lateral 

 posterior red patch found in B. ohlitcrus. 



Gen. STYPHKOMEEUS, Cliaud. 



Styphromerus puberulus. 



Pale yellow, briefly pubescent ; second, third, and fourth basal 

 joints of antennae slightly infuscate ; head punctulate and with a 

 central black longitudinal line reaching from the centre to the base ; 

 prothorax shagreened and with a moderately broad black longitudinal 



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