76 Descriptive Catalogue [1897. 



carina ; antennae somewhat elongate, first joint cylindrical, second 

 subquadrate, third to eighth slightly transverse and little decreasing 

 in size, ninth to tenth subquadrate, last one moderately elongate, 

 somewhat cone-shaped and acuminate at tip ; prothorax much larger 

 than the head, more attenuate in front than behind, rounded laterally 

 in the middle, lateral foveae slightly elongate, median one deep, 

 minute, transverse sulcus deep, angulate in the middle; elytra hardly 

 as long as broad, not attenuate at base, shoulders oblique, well defined 

 and dentate, sides slightly rounded, dorsal sulcus evanescent in the 

 middle, first dorsal segment not larger than the others, impressed 

 between two short carinules, little diverging, and inclosing a third 

 of the discoidal width. 



Male : Metasternum impressed longitudinally, and the last ventral 

 segment impressed transversely at tip ; posterior trochanters obtusely 

 angular, intermediate ones briefly spinose near the base. Length 

 1-50-1-60 mm. 



Head small, square, with the antennal tubercles robust and divided 

 in two by a deep transverse groove ; the anterior part of the tubercle 

 obliquely cut laterally, the frontal part is abruptly narrowed. 



Hob. Cape Colony (neighbourhood of Cape Town — Newlands). 



Eaffrayia microcephala, 

 Plate XVI., fig. 12. 



Oblong, rather thick and convex, ferruginous or rufo-ferruginous, 

 covered with a somewhat dense yellowish pubescence ; legs and 

 antennas red at apex ; head and prothorax sometimes closely rugoso- 

 punctate, sometimes smooth ; head small, longer than broad, slightly 

 attenuate in front, and having between the eyes, which are large 

 and placed behind the middle, two foveae, the sulci are a little 

 oblique, hardly joined in front, the antennal tubercles are robust and 

 divided by a transverse sulcus, the vertex is carinate ; antennae 

 robust, first joint elongate, cylindrical, second quadrate, third to 

 tenth transverse, subequal, except the eighth, which is somewhat 

 smaller, last one short, somewhat cone-shaped and abruptly 

 acuminate ; prothorax much larger than the head, cordate, sub- 

 convex on the disk, lateral foveae strong, elongate, median one 

 minute, deep, transverse, sulcus deep, angulate in the middle ; 

 elytra hardly longer than broad, not attenuate at base, shoulders 

 obMque, noticeable and dentate, sides little rounded, dorsal sulcus 

 strong, ending in the median part ; first dorsal segment of abdomen 

 strongly impressed between two more or less short carinae, not 

 much divergent and inclosing one-third of the disk. 



