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sharply tri-dentate; the prothorax deeply and not very closely 

 punctate, the elytra plainly striate in the dorsal part, and less so 

 on the sides, and the intervals roughly punctate ; hind tibiae broad, 

 but only moderately ampliated inwardly ; the clypeus is narrow in 

 front and sharply tri-dentate ; the frontal transverse suture is well 

 denned. 



Male unknown. 



Length 4f mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Eustenburg District). 



Ablabeeoides decedens, n. spec. 



Elongato-ovate, shining, hardly iridescent, chestnut-brown with the 

 elytra and legs lighter brown, antennae flavous ; clypeus with the 

 anterior part narrow, sharply tri-dentate and with the outer margin 

 strongly sinuate, there is a very plain solution of continuity 

 between the posterior eye-keel and the genal canthus, and the 

 frontal, transverse suture is almost obliterated in the three examples 

 examined by me ; prothorax closely punctate ; elytra with four or 

 five plain dorsal striae, intervals closely punctate ; the forcipate 

 processes of the genital armature of the male are symmetrical, 

 very long, sub-horizontal, broadly spatulate at apex, and not un- 

 like, although not contorted, those of A. namaquanus. 



Length 5J- 6 mm. ; width 3^— 3f mm. 



Hab. Natal (Durban). 



Ablabeeoides ominosus, n. spec. 



Body short, convex, black with a metallic tinge, or dark bronze, 

 occasionally faintly iridescent, elytra and legs testaceous-red or 

 dark chestnut, with a broad fuscous outer marginal band ; antennae 

 rufescent with the club fuscous ; clypeus with a small median 

 tooth in the anterior margin the angles of which are sharp 

 but not much curved, the anterior part owing to the anterior 

 margin not being strongly reflexed is thus somewhat shallow, 

 the frontal suture is very plain, the clypeal part between the 

 keel and the suture is extremely closely punctate, the punctures 

 on the frontal part are deep but not so closely set ; prothorax 

 very deeply punctate, the punctures equi-distant and separated 

 by an interval slightly narrower than their diameter ; scutellum 

 somewhat short and broad, deeply punctate ; elytra short, convex, 

 plainly striate in the dorsal part only, and deeply and somewhat 

 regularly punctate ; the genital armature of the male, which is of 

 the same type as in A. namaquanus, and A. decedens, has two 



