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somewhat ampliate behind, the punctures are deep, equi- distant, 

 and the hairs are very minute ; pygidium deeply and closely punc- 

 tate all over ; abdominal segment very little punctate in the middle, 

 but with the lateral punctures bearing long, pubescent hairs, penul- 

 timate not wider than the one preceding ; pectus clothed with dense, 

 pubescent hairs ; upper claw of anterior legs longer and slightly 

 broader than the lower, and plainly emarginate underneath towards 

 the tip. The nearest ally of this species is S. insuesa, which is, 

 however, quite distinct. In shape the genital armature is not 

 unlike that of S. barda, but is different nevertheless. Female 

 unknown. 



Length 12 mm. ; width 5J mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). 



SCHIZONYCHA EXACEKBANS, n. spec, 



Plate XLIIL, fig. 41. 



The nearest ally of this species, so far as the shape of the clypeus 

 and the sculpture of the body are concerned, is S. plausibilis, but it 

 is more slender, and the colour is testaceous-red ; the clypeal carina 

 is more arcuate, and the suture is therefore shorter ; the coxaj 

 and metasternum instead of being pubescent have only a few 

 hairs along the anterior part, but they have instead a white 

 squamose hair in each puncture. The outward differences sepa- 

 rating the two species are thus in S. exacerbans a more slender shape 

 and redder colour, a more arcuate clypeal carina, and a squamulose 

 pectus, but the shape of the genital armature is very dissimilar from 

 that of S. plausibilis ; the upper tooth of all the claws is longer than 

 the lower, not much more slender at the base, but slightly emar- 

 ginate underneath at the apex, and therefore quite similar to those 

 of S. plausibilis. 



Length 13 mm. ; width 6 J mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Sebakwe). 



SCHIZONYCHA PEOFUGA, n. spec, 



Plate LI., fig. 84. 



Head, prothorax, and legs chestnut or rusty-brown, elytra paler, 

 sometimes testaceous, antennae and palpi rusty-red, club not much 

 elongated; clypeus plainly sinuate in front in both sexes, wider 

 in the female, clypeal carina arcuate in both sexes, suture distinct, 

 basal carina also distinct, not sinuate in the male, slightly so in the 

 female ; prothorax plainly ampliated slightly past the median part, 

 basal angle sharp, outer margin distinctly crenulate along the whole 



