1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna, 129 



T. PLANICEPS. 



Niger, elongatus, squamis griseis albidis tectus ; rostro eapite 

 longiore, antice leviter angustato, in medio sub-carinulato, eapite 

 piano, pdlpebris sub-elevatis ; prothorace sub-globoso, antice trans* 

 versim impresso, granulato, pilis brevibus ercctis adsperso ; elytris 

 angustis, sub-cylindricis, postice acuminatis, seriato-punctatis ; tibiis 

 omnibus inferne ere mutatis . 



Long. 9, lat. 2 mm . 



Elongated, black, covered with greyish scales ; rostrum longer than 

 the head and slightly attenuated at the apex, with a small carina in 

 the centre, head plane with the ocular ridges moderat Ay raised ; pro- 

 thorax globose with an anterior transverse margin, deeply foveated 

 with the walls of the foveas raised so as to form a granulation, slightly 

 grooved in the centre, and with a few rigid bristles ; elytra narrower 

 than the prothorax, almost cylindrical, acuminated behind, and deeply 

 seriato-punctated ; legs and tibias setnlose, all the tibias crenated in- 

 wardly. 



Cape Colony ( ? Little Namaqualand). 



Tribe : ATTELABIDJE. 

 G-en. Apoderus. Oliv. 



A. B4LTEATUS. 



Pallido flavus, 7iitidus, rostro, antennis, eapite untrinque nigris ; 

 elytris tenuiter punctatis, utrinque ad basim bi-costatis, flavidu vet 

 rufescentibus, fascia basali marginalique nigra ; pedibus aipce 

 tarsisque nigris. i 



Long. 6, lat. 3j mm . 



Pale-yellow, shining, the rostrum, lateral sides of che head and 

 antennas black, head grooved in the centre and with a deep transverse 

 impression between the eyes ; prothorax attenuated in front, convex, 

 deeply impressed transversely at the base, grooved in the centre, and 

 faintly impressed on each side of the anterior part of the groove ; elytra 

 sub-quadrate, plane in the anterior part, slightly punctato-striated, the 

 humeral angles much pronounced, and on each side two basal costas 

 which disappear before they reach the median part ; they are pale- 



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