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in the $ than in the 2 ', antennal club not quite as long as the 

 pedicel in the g ; prothorax sub-trapezoidal, sinuate on each side 

 of the scutellum and arcuate above it ; scutellum long, sharp, grooved 

 laterally in the posterior half ; elytra elongated, but slightly attenu- 

 ated behind where they are at apex not less than two-thirds the 

 width of the base ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate in both sexes, although 

 the superior tooth is very weakly indicated in the $ , all pubescent 

 inwardly in both sexes, but, of course, much more briefly so in the 

 anterior tibiae, hind ones plainly dentate on the upper side in either 

 sex ; sternal cavity not projecting much but triangularly aculeate, 

 grooved for nearly all the length and without a mesosternal trans- 

 verse suture. 



The genus seems restricted to South Africa. 



SCYTHEOPESTHES BICOLOR, Burm., 



Handb. d. Entom., iii., 1842, p. 238 ; 

 Westw., Arc. Entom., ii., p. 186, pi. 46, fig. 5, 2 . 



Black, very shiny, elytra with a rufescent patch extending from 

 one humeral callus to the other, and reaching the middle but not 

 invading the supra-lateral part ; head and clypeus sparingly punctate, 

 the punctures small, but deep ; prothorax very sparingly punctulate 

 in the male, while in the female the punctures are more numerous 

 and deep on the sides ; scutellum impunctate ; elytra also impunc- 

 tate, except for a somewhat indistinct juxta-sutural row in the male, 

 but bearing a few remote minute punctures in the anterior part in 

 the female, and non-costate in both ; pygidium transversely plicate ; 

 abdomen very sparsely punctate ; pectus foveolate punctate, sternal 

 process grooved to a short distance from the apex ; inner part of 

 intermediate and posterior tibiae clothed with a long, dense, black 

 pubescence. 



This species seems to be rare where it occurs, and its habitat very 

 restricted. 



Length 21-23 mm. ; width 10-12 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Seymour). Natal (Karkloof). 



INHAMBANE, n. gen. 



Closely allied to Melinesthes and Genyodonta ; clypeus simple, 

 very long, quite parallel laterally, and emarginate in the centre of 

 the anterior part, in both sexes ; antennal club as long as the pedicel 

 in the $ ; prothorax as in Melinesthes, but a little more elongated 

 and slightly narrower in the anterior part ; scutellum grooved on 

 each side ; elytra elongated, one-third narrower across the apex than 



