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at base, trifoveate, dorsal stria straight, much attenuate before the 

 apex ; abdominal carinulse hardly divergent, reaching lengthways 

 the median part of the disk, and across a fifth of the width ; 

 metasternum broadly impressed, anterior trochanters, and also the 

 intermediate ones with a minute but acute tubercle at base ; 

 anterior tibiae sinuate inwardly before the apex, posterior ones 

 arcuate, last ventral segment with a minute tubercle at base and 

 totally impressed. Male. Length 1*59 mm. One example. 



Hab. Natal (Frere). 



I have also seen two females, which I describe as possible 

 varieties of the present species, as I do not deem it prudent to 

 consider them as distinct species owing to the small number of 

 examples examined, but I would not be surprised if the discovery of 

 the male sex would prove them to belong to a distinct species. 



Female: Var. /3 vel. spec.(?) Thicker, unicolor ; antennae entirely 

 infuscate, joints ninth and tenth more quadrate, dorsal stria slightly 

 arcuate inwardly. Length 1*40 mm. One example from Zambezia 

 (Salisbury). 



Female : Var. y vel. spec. (?) Antennae thicker, entirely rufous, 

 dorsal stria slightly arcuate ; carinulae of the abdomen shorter 

 and very near each other. Length 1-40 mm. One example from 

 Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Eeichenbachia discreta. 



Eather broad and thick, covered with a subflexible pubescence ; 

 legs rufo-testaceous, antennae rufous, head, prothorax and elytra 

 very slightly punctulate ; head longer than broad, not attenuate in 

 front, deeply and equally trifoveate ; antennae moderately elongate 

 and slender, joints seventh to tenth elongate, decreasing in length, 

 eighth subquadrate, but nevertheless a little longer than broad, ninth 

 hardly larger, trapezoidal, tenth more trapezoidal, eleventh ovate, 

 strongly acuminate ; prothorax broader and shorter than the head, 

 sides rounded, lateral foveae of moderate size, distant from the 

 suture, the median one much smaller than the others ; elytra 

 rather broad and slightly depressed, a little attenuate at base 

 and bifoveate, shoulders not prominent, dorsal stria entire, arcuate 

 and ending in the sutural angle ; abdomen a little broader than the 

 elytra, cannula slightly diverging and reaching to half the length of 

 the disk and inclosing more than one-quarter of the width ; meta- 

 sternum hardly impressed; posterior tibiae slightly incurved. Female. 

 Length 1*80 mm. 



Although I have seen only one female example, I do not hesitate 



