90 Descriptive Catalogue [1897. 



Bryaxis h^imatica, Eeichenb., 

 Monogr., p. 52, pi. ii., fig. 12. 



Entirely rufo-ferruginous, covered with a rufous pubescence ; head 

 short, trifoveate, eyes large ; antennae rather thick, third to 

 seventh joints briefly oblong, decreasing in length, eighth quadrate, 

 ninth and tenth larger than the preceding ones and increasing, 

 quadrate, transverse, eleventh large, ovate, acuminate ; prothorax a 

 little broader than the head and eyes, more attenuate in front than 

 behind, and having three large, disconnected foveas, the median one 

 of which is a little smaller than the other two ; elytra subquadrate, 

 slightly attenuate at base, shoulders little noticeable, base bifoveate, 

 dorsal stria straight but not produced beyond the third of the length ; 

 first dorsal segment large and with two nearly straight and sub- 

 parallel, well-defined cannulas reaching lengthways the third part of 

 the disk and inclosing nearly one-third of the width ; legs robust. 

 Female. Length 1*70 mm. 



Hab. South Africa (?). 



Sub-Gen. EEICHENBACHIA, Leach, 

 Vigor's Zoolog. Journ., vol. ii., 1826, p. 451. 



This subdivision of the genus Bryaxis differs only from it by the 

 more convex, globular form of the body and the very small median 

 fovea in the prothorax. 



Taken in themselves the characteristics above mentioned cannot 

 be said to be generic, but it has been found advisable to divide the 

 old genus Bryaxis, which comprises now several hundred species, 

 into groups, and to give each group a name in order to facilitate the 

 study. 



It is always difficult, and in some instances nearly impossible, to 

 identify with certainty an isolated female, and this difficulty holds 

 good with the South African Beichenbachia. 



The country in the world where this sub-genus is most abundant 

 is Tropical America, then comes the Indo-Malayan region, the palae- 

 arctic fauna, and South Africa. Australia has no representative. 



Beichenbachia sulcicornis, Eaffr., 

 Annal. Soc. Entom. Franc, 1895, p. ,-189. 



Oblong, thick, ferruginous, covered with a subfiexible pubescence ; 

 legs and antennas rufous, the latter infuscate at tip ; head longer 

 than broad, trifoveate, frontal fovea larger than the others ; antennas 

 strong, third to sixth joints oblong, sixth a little shorter, seventh 

 quadrate, eighth slightly transverse, ninth to tenth a little larger 



