74 Descriptive Catalogue [1897 



Baffkayia abdominalis. 



Elongate, somewhat depressed, rufo-testaceous, with the antennas 

 and legs testaceous, briefly but densely pubescent ; head attenuate 

 in the anterior part, somewhat rounded laterally, and having two 

 sulci slightly arcuate and near to one another, ending behind in 

 minute foveolae, and in front in a single, large frontal fovea ; eyes 

 small, placed on the under part of the head ; antennae rather 

 elongate, first joint elongate, cylindrical, second subquadrate and 

 longer than broad, third to seventh strongly transverse and slightly 

 increasing, especially lengthways, eighth smaller and transverse, 

 ninth slightly transverse, tenth more transverse, eleventh cone- 

 shaped ; prothorax larger than the head, cordate, and having on each 

 side a large fovea and a minute, transverse sulcus very narrow in 

 the median part ; elytra much longer than broad, subparallel 

 laterally ; dorsal sulcus obsolete and attenuate towards the middle ; 

 abdomen a little shorter than the elytra, dorsal segments subequal. 



Male : The second basal segment of the dorsal part of the abdo- 

 men is a little larger than the others, densely and briefly covered 

 with a subsquamose pubescence, apical margin a little angulate and 

 fasciculate along the median part, third segment shorter by one-half, 

 deeply incised in the middle, a little excavate, the bottom of excava- 

 tion filled with fascicles of long hairs ; metasternum slightly de- 

 pressed, last ventral segment very much depressed. Length 1-10 mm. 



Closely allied to B,. pilosella, but the head is smaller and narrower 

 in front, the size is also smaller ; the shape of the abdomen in the 

 male is very peculiar. 



Hab. Cape Colony (neighbourhood of Cape Town). 



Baffrayia pilosella, 

 Plate XVI., fig. 15. 



Elongate, subparallel and depressed, rufo-ferruginous, densely but 

 briefly pubescent ; antennae and legs rufous; head large, subquadrate, 

 a little attenuate in front, and having two oblique sulci, vertex finely 

 carinate ; eyes large ; antennae slender and long, first joint elongate 

 and cylindrical, second subquadrate, third briefly triangular, fourth 

 to eighth slightly transverse and a little decreasing in length, ninth 

 subglobose, hardly transverse, tenth a little broader and transverse, 

 eleventh short, subconical and acuminate ; prothorax a little broader 

 than the head, strongly cordate, sinuate laterally past the middle, 

 lateral foveae sulciform, median one minute, transverse sulcus strong, 

 angulate in the median part ; elytra elongate, hardly attenuate at 

 base, shoulders moderately rounded and obtusely dentate, dorsal 

 sulcus evanescent towards the median part ; first dorsal segment 



