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notched, the inner forcipate process is spatulate, and the outer 

 slender. 



The description of T. longicornis, Burm., agrees very well with 

 that of A. mneus, except that the elytra have no perceptible striae, 

 but they are not perfectly even. 



Length 4J-5 mm. ; width 2j— 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



Ablaberoides ditissimus, n. spec. 



Body short, massive, convex, but with the elytra not very much 

 rounded laterally behind ; bronze-black, with the elytra somewhat 

 redder and with a strong opaline sheen, head and prothorax some- 

 what opaque ; antennae with the club slightly infuscate and the 

 terminal joints of the pedicel pale flavous, club not longer than 

 the pedicel in the male, with the two last joints plainly aculeate, 

 the other three are somewhat fused ; clypeus plainly tri-dentate in 

 front and with the angle of the lateral sinuations often very sharp, 

 clypeal keel very plain but not reaching quite the sides, the whole 

 surface is very roughly punctate, especially the part comprised 

 between the keel and the suture ; prothorax very much broader 

 than long, plainly ampliated from the anterior part to past the 

 median, very convex, closely punctured, sub-opaque and yet 

 opaline under certain light, the long lateral hairs are light 

 fulvous ; scutellum punctate ; elytra convex in the anterior part, 

 slightly ampliated laterally and having each five very distinct 

 striae and another but less plain one in addition, the intervals and 

 the sides are coarsely punctate, the subdued sheen is purplish ; 

 under side as in A. ceneus ; the forcipate clasps of the male 

 armature are very short, symmetrical, and in the shape of callipers. 



Length 7-7J- mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hob. Natal (Newcastle), Transvaal (Boksburg, Lydenburg), 

 Orange Eiver Colony (Bothaville), Southern Ehodesia (Upper 

 Limpopo). 



Ablabekoides pavoninus, n. spec. 



Black, shining, with the elytra either brown or chestnut-brown and 

 a conspicuous iridescent sheen all over, more noticeable, however, 

 on the elytra on account of their great convexity ; in general 

 appearance it differs from A. ditissimus in not being so square 

 owing to the elytra being much more rounded laterally behind and 

 also more convex on the dorsal part ; the pedicel of the antennae 

 is rufescent, and the club, which in the male is slightly longer than 



