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Gen. TKECHUS. 

 Trechus'scitulus. 



Black, shining ; antennae, palpi, and tibiae rufescent ; prothorax 

 as broad as long, a little ampliate in the anterior part and sinuate 

 above the base ; elytra ovate, a little depressed near the base, 

 convex behind, and having on each side five striae, the first two of 

 which alone reach from base to apex, the third and fourth begin at 

 or near the anterior puncture, and the fifth is hardly distinct ; the 

 third stria has two deep punctures, one at a short distance from 

 the base, the other in the median part ; under side piceous black. 

 Length 5 mm. ; width 2|- mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Oudtshoorn). 



This interesting species is very different from the other South 

 African ones ; the penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi is much 

 more thickened and the ultimate one shorter, and the disposition of 

 the dorsal striae as well as the two dorsal punctures is similar to that 

 of some species of Bemhidium. 



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