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slender and sinuate, the lower one flattened, narrow, truncate at 

 the tip ; in the female the claws are long, but of the normal shape. 

 The mentum is covered with an extremely long, dense pubescence. 



Gryphonycha pubeeula, Fahr., 



Plate XLVL, fig. 2. 



Insect. Caffr., ii., p. 136. 



Eufescent, with a fleshy tinge and slightly iridescent ; clypeus with 

 a plain frontal suture, anterior margin slightly angular in the centre, 

 the whole surface is roughly punctured, and the frontal part of the 

 head punctulate ; antennae 9- jointed, club tri- jointed, that of the 

 male shorter than the pedicel ; prothorax twice as broad as long, 

 and plainly sinuate laterally in the posterior part, the angles of 

 which are not rounded, very faintly punctulate ; scutellum long, 

 punctulate ; elytra punctato-striate, with the intervals raised and 

 slightly tectiform, especially in the female, and moderately deeply 

 punctate ; anterior tibiae with two outer teeth, but having also above 

 the second one a sinuation ending in a faint angle. 



Length 8-9 mm. ; width 4J-5 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Johannesburg, Eustenburg). 



EUEONYCHA, n. gen., 



Plate XLVL, figs. 1, la. 



Buccal parts of Autoserica ; clypeus diagonal laterally, one-half 

 narrower at the apex than at the base, emarginate there, and having 

 one frontal, arcuate shallow suture; eyes only slightly incised by 

 the canthus of the genae ; antennae 9-jointed, club tri-jointed, one- 

 third shorter than the pedicel in the male ; prothorax nearly straight 

 laterally, but wider at the base than at the apex ; elytra costulate ; 

 whole body clothed with a very dense, and very short silky 

 pubescence ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate outwardly ; anterior tarsi of 

 male very short, densely hairy outwardly, the four basal joints are 

 compressed, broadly dilated triangularly outwardly, the fifth joint is 

 produced into a very broad lamina somewhat tectiform on the upper 

 side, the claws are set at right angles to each other and are fused 

 with the apical joint, the lower tooth of the inner claw is much 

 broader than the upper one which ends sharply, and the two teeth of 

 the outer claws are considerably reduced ; in the female the claws 

 are normally cleft ; posterior margin of coxae straight, angular out- 

 wardly and covering the greatest part of the abdominal segments in 



