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sinuation, no inner spur; tarsi, including the anterior ones which 

 are seemingly fused, long. 



Length 5-5-| mm. ; width 2^-3 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Lydenburg District). 



AEEAPHYTAESA, n. gen. 



Clypeus nearly similar to that of Allokotarsa; antennae also 

 10-jointed with the third joint shorter than the fourth and fifth, 

 sixth and seventh short, compressed, club of male tri-jointed, slightly 

 shorter than the pedicel; body of Allokotarsa, abdomen also com- 

 pressed laterally ; the male, however, differs from Allokotarsa in the 

 shape of the anterior tarsi which are fused together and compressed 

 into a lamina straight outwardly, but dentate inwardly at the suture 

 of the joints which is not quite obliterated, the ultimate joint is 

 longer than the two preceding taken together, the outer claw 

 is deeply cleft, the inner tooth being broader than the outer, the 

 inner claw is long, slender, and cleft at the tip ; anterior tibiae 

 bi-dentate outwardly, but with a slight angular projection above the 

 basal tooth. 



Akraphytarsa damarina, n. spec. 



Piceous or testaceous-red, with a silky sheen, antennae fiavous ; 

 clypeus hollowed in front, constricted laterally in the anterior part, 

 anterior margin slightly sinuate with the median part strongly 

 acuminate, the outer angles are distinct, but not projecting, the post- 

 median keel runs parallel with the frontal suture, and the genae are. 

 strongly developed, the head is covered with closely set punctures 

 larger than those covering the clypeal part; prothorax moderately 

 convex, and much rounded laterally, nearly straight there in the 

 posterior part, covered with somewhat deep, equi-distant punctures, 

 and with a lateral fringe of short, stiff ciliae ; scutellum deeply 

 punctate ; elytra sub-cylindrical, punctulato-striate with the intervals 

 slightly convex and deeply punctured ; pygidium and under side 

 punctulate ; anterior tibiae bi-dentate outwardly, but with a slight 

 projection above the basal tooth ; intermediate and posterior tarsi 

 long, filiform. 



Length 5| mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Damaraland. 



ALOGISTOTAESA, n. gen. 



All the characters are those of Arraphytarsa, including the very 

 strongly compressed abdomen, but the shape of the anterior tarsi of 



