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extending from side to side, ascending along the suture to about one- 

 sixth of the length and reaching the third stria on each side ; under 

 side piceous. Length 6^ mm. ; width 2} mm. 

 Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



Tribe aEAPHIPTEKIDES. 



Gen. GEAPHIPTEEUS. 

 Gkaphipteeus Purcelli. 



Black ; antennae entirely black ; head with a median pubescent 

 yellowish patch, posterior part of the head very closely punctured ; 

 prothorax very little attenuate laterally behind and very little rounded 

 in the anterior part, almost plane, marginate, and with the apical 

 angles not sloping ; it is deeply and roughly punctured, and has on 

 each side a broad fulvous yellow pubescent band ; elytra subelongate, 

 not much broader at the base than the prothorax at the apex and 

 with the shoulders moderately rounded, a little ampliate at about the 

 median part, and hardly attenuate from there to the apex, nearly 

 plane, covered with fulvous, yellowish hairs, with the suture and 

 three slightly raised narrow lines denuded ; the pubescence of the 

 three intervals between the denuded lines is arranged in a double 

 row en chevrons ; under side piceous ; legs black. Length 18 mm. ; 

 width 8 mm. 



This interesting species, one of the largest of the South African 

 ones, is easily distinguished by the shape of the prothorax which is 

 less cordiform and more parallel than in any of the others. One 

 wonders at it having escaped hitherto capture at the hands of 

 collectors. 



Hah. Captured at Matjiesfontein, Cape Colony, by my colleague, 

 Dr. F. Purcell. 



Teibe ANTHIADES. 

 Gen. POLYHIEMA, Chaud. 



POLYHIRMA TEMBENA. 



The sculpture of the elytra resembles entirely that of P. notata, 

 i.e., they have on each side five sharp carinas extending from the 

 base to two-thirds of the length with the intervals foveate, the 

 posterior part is faintly striate, and the basal and apical white 

 pubescent patches are identical in both species, but in P. temhena 

 the elytra are more convex and resemble those of P. scrohiciUata ; 

 the neck is a little less slender than in this species, but much 



