72 Descriptive Catalogue [1897. 



brown ; elytra sometimes red, and antennae and legs rufous, covered 

 with a sparse, decumbent pubescence ; head rather elongate, 

 hardly attenuate in front, somewhat sinuate laterally, two foveae 

 behind the eyes, sulci slightly arcuate and joined in front, vertex 

 briefly carinate ; antennas strong, first joint elongate, cylindrical, 

 second subquadrate, third very briefly subtriangular, fourth to 

 eighth much transverse, compressed, ninth to tenth less transverse, 

 eleventh moderately short, subrotund at base, acuminate at tip ; 

 prothorax not longer than the head, but a little broader, cordate, 

 narrowed and sinuate past the middle, lateral foveas large, trans- 

 verse sulcus little angular, longitudinal sulcus more or less attenuate 

 in front and behind ; elytra rather elongate with the sides sub- 

 parallel, the shoulders oblique and dentate, the base with three 

 foveas, dorsal sulcus ending abruptly in the median part; abdomen 

 rather elongate, a little narrowed at base, first dorsal segment not 

 larger than the others, narrowly but deeply impressed at base. 



Male : Third ventral segment impressed on each side and fascicu- 

 late, last one deeply impressed. Length 1-50 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished by its elongate and parallel 

 form, the strong antennae, and the longitudinal sulcus of the pro- 

 thorax which may be reduced to a longitudinal fovea on the disk. 

 The colour is very variable. 



Eare. I have found two specimens only, in mosses. 



Hob. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



♦ 

 Raffrayia rugosula, Raffr., 



Rev. Entom., 1887, p. 46. 



Subelongate, rufous brown or ferruginous, covered with a 

 yellowish pubescence ; head and prothorax densely subrugose ; 

 elytra more or less vaguely punctate at base ; head slightly 

 attenuate in front, bifoveate between the eyes, with the two sulci 

 little oblique and strong, vertex carinate ; antennae short, thick, 

 first joint large, subcylindrical, second very little smaller, subquad- 

 rato-ovate, third to ninth moniliform, slightly transverse, ninth a 

 little smaller, tenth transverse, a little larger, eleventh larger, briefly 

 ovate and with the apex somewhat cone-shaped ; prothorax cordate, 

 a little longer than the head, much broader, rounded laterally before 

 the median part, sinuate past the middle, trifoveate, lateral foveae 

 large ; transverse sulcus in the shape of a comma, longitudinal sulcus 

 median, strong, attenuate in front, base with two foveolas ; elytra a 

 little longer than broad, subparallel laterally and not attenuate at 

 base, shoulders oblique, dentate, dorsal sulcus reaching the median 

 part ; first dorsal segment of abdomen a little shorter than the pre- 



