1897.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 99 



PSELAPHUS LONGICEPS, Raffr., 



Eev. Entom., vi., 1887, p. 33. 



Chestnut red, very shining, smooth, briefly nigro-setose here and 

 there on the prothorax and elytra, the setae more numerous on the 

 abdomen ; legs paler ; palpi testaceous ; head strongly elongate, 

 four times longer than broad, subparallel laterally, neither broadly 

 nor deeply sulcate in front, abruptly raised close to the eyes, and 

 obsoletely bispinose ; palpi much elongate, and with a few whitish 

 setae, last joint slightly sinuate, neither strongly nor abruptly clavate, 

 apex of the clava sulcate ; antennae reaching further than the base 

 of the elytra, first joint elongate, subcylindrical, closely punctured, 

 second subquadrate, a little longer than broad, third longer, oblong, 

 fourth to eighth shorter, obconical, ninth to tenth much larger, 

 obovate, ultimate one large, obovate, acuminate ; prothorax hardly 

 shorter than the head, a little broader, attenuate in front and behind, 

 very slightly sinuate on each side before the base, and without any 

 sulcus or fovea ; elytra once and a half longer than the prothorax, 

 much broader, much attenuate at base ; shoulders oblique, well 

 defined, sides slightly rounded, covered at apex with long, black 

 setae, as well as with a glandular ochreous pubescence, sutural 

 stria subcarinate, entire, the dorsal one close to the suture ; abdomen 

 hardly broader than the elytra and a little shorter ; metasternum and 

 abdomen simple underneath. Female. Length 1-40 mm. 



Allied to P.filipalpis, Eeitt., from the Gold Coast, but differs by its 

 larger size and more slender form. 



Hab. Natal (Frere) ; one example. Occurs also in Zanzibar. 



Gen. PSELAPHISCHNUS. 



Not much elongate, attenuate in front ; head elongate ; maxillary 

 palpi much elongate, first joint filiform, short, second filiform, clavate 

 at tip, third minute, subtriangular, fourth large, globose at base, from 

 there filiform and subulate for a great length ; antennae thickened, 

 joints transverse ; abdomen broad and broadly marginate, first dorsal 

 segment larger than the others ; legs thick and short. 



Resembles much Pselaphus, but is much shorter and broader, the 

 margin of the abdomen is also broader, the antennae are thick, and 

 the maxillary palpi very different, the last joint instead of being 

 clavate at the apex is clavate at the base and thin and sharp at tip. 



PSELAPHISCHNUS SQUAMOSUS, 



Plate XVII., fig. 2. 

 Chestnut brown, totally covered with ochreous squamae ; palpi 



