1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 113 



Family : CRYPTOPHAGID^E. 

 Gen. Cryptophagus. Herbst. 



C. PLAGIATUS. 



Rufo-ferrugineus, pubescens, prothoracis angiitis anticis recurvis, 

 elytris pallido fulvis, plaga triangula dorsali communi latiribusque 

 nigris. 



long. l£, lat. l mm . 



Rusty red, briefly pubescent, antennae pale-yellow ; head closely 

 punctured ; prothorax convex, deeply and closely punctured, anipliated 

 in the anterior part with the anterior angles much produced outwardly 

 and recurved ; elytra elongated, convex, rounded and dehiscent behind, 

 deeply and closely punctured, and having on each side a black 

 marginal band reaching neither the shoulder nor the apex, and also a 

 triangular dorsal black patch extending on each side of the suture, 

 ,and the apex of which reaches the scutellum ; legs pale-yellow. 



Cape Colony (Stellenboseh). 



Family : PARNID^E. 



Tribe : TRUE PARNID^E. 

 Gen. Strina. Redt. 



S. PROMONTORII. 



Nigra, pube brunnea, supra vestita ; elytris convexis , sutura 

 costisque quatuor in singvlo elevatis, interstitiis bifariam punctatis, 

 suhtus dense luteo pilosa, pedibus rufescentibus, geniculis infuscatis. 



Long. 4-41 lat. i|-2 mm . 



Black, densely covered with a dense, short, brown pubescence with a 

 slightly yellowish tinge ; head and prothorax punctulated, the latter 

 convex, deeply grooved on the outer sides and with a post media* 

 transverse ridge and a broad, basal depression ; elytra broader than 

 the prothorax, with the outer sides -slightly sinuated before the middle, 

 convex, dehiscent behind with the suture raised and four distinct costae 

 on each elytron, the interstices are somewhat rounded, and have a 

 double series of deep pu nctures ; legs rufescent with the apical part c*f 

 the femora and the basal part of the tibiae infu seated, underside covered 

 -with dense golden hairs. 



Cape Colony (Cape Town). 

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