90 Transactions South African Philosophical Society, [vol. xiii. 



TULBAGHIA CERERIS, XI. Spec. 



Pale testaceous, with the head slightly infuscate, the clypeus and 

 prothorax reddish, and the antennae flavescent ; the clypeus is 

 straight laterally and strongly arcuate in the anterior part without 

 any trace of angles, moderately hollowed owing to the anterior 

 margin being strongly reflexed, the median part has no tubercle,, 

 it is closely punctuiate from the suture to the reflexed part which 

 is nearly impunctate, the head is also closely punctate ; the antennal 

 club is long but the joints are not quite as parallel as in T. lightfooti,. 

 and the inner joint is about one-fourth shorter than the one follow- 

 ing ; prothorax equally rounded laterally in front and behind, and 

 with the angles rounded, moderately closely punctate and fringed 

 with long, remote hairs; elytra as in T. lightfooti but proportionately 

 more deeply punctate, the costules are evanescent ; under side 

 rufescent, pubescent. 



Length 6|- mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Ceres). 



Gen. CAMENTA, Erichs., 

 Nat. Ins., hi., 1847, p. 695. 



Mentum and maxillae of Ablabera, the last joint of the labial palpi 

 is, however, less thickened at the base ; clypeus slightly narrower at 

 the apex than at the base, either simple laterally, or incised there in 

 the anterior part and more or less narrowed thence to the anterior 

 angles which are sharp or moderately rounded, anterior margin 

 seldom truncate, more or less deeply sinuate, anterior part of the 

 clypeus with a transverse keel reaching or not from side to side, 

 and which may either be sharp or become almost obliterated and is 

 then replaced by a suture, and is divided from the head by an 

 impressed line extending from side to side, but never affecting 

 the shape of a keel ; the eyes are not covered by the prothorax, 

 and are incised in the anterior part by a small canthus formed 

 by the nearly obliterated genae, but in some species these genas 

 become large and project a good deal beyond the eye which they 

 also incise more deeply (C. rufiventris, C. transvalia) ; it may be 

 said that the genae are more developed in the species which have 

 the clypeus incised laterally ; the margins are sharply raised, and 

 there is always a depression in the anterior part between the apical 

 margin and the clypeal keel, this impression is often smooth or 

 little punctate, and the posterior part is plane ; head slightly longer 



