ADDENDA TO FAMILY PSELAPHIDiE. 



Tribe EUPLECTINI. 

 (P- 49.) 



Gen. TRIMIODYTES. 



(p. 52.) 



Tkimiodytes setifer. 



Oblong, subparallel, somewhat convex, obscurely ferruginous ; an- 

 tennae and legs rufous ; palpi testaceous ; it is clothed with a hardly 

 discernible pubescence, but has, however, some long erect scattered 

 setae. Head trapezoid, attenuate in front, with the frontal part 

 truncate and slightly produced in the middle, bifoveate anteriorly, 

 transversely sulcate and having between the eyes two large foveas 

 joined by a deep furrow to the transverse frontal sulcus ; eyes of 

 moderate size ; antennae also of moderate size, and with the two basal 

 joints larger than the others, third to ninth inclusive moniliform and 

 slightly decreasing in length, but with the fifth a little larger, tenth a 

 little larger the preceding ones, slightly transverse, eleventh ovate, 

 truncate at base, acuminate and subturbinate at apex ; prothorax 

 nearly smaller than the head, very cordiform, with the outer sides 

 rounded before the median part and sinuate after the lateral fovea, 

 which is large ; the transverse sulcus is sinuate, and the median fovea 

 smaller than the others ; elytra elongate, subparallel, shoulders defined 

 and oblique, base broadly bifoveate, sutural stria abbreviated before 

 the median part ; abdominal segments equal ; legs of moderate size ; 

 anterior femora a little thickened ; metasternum convex, simple ; 

 second ventral segment larger than the others, third to fifth inclusive 

 decreasing, sixth large, transverse, convex. Female. Length 1*20 mm. 



This second species of a genus, restricted hitherto to the Cape 

 Peninsula, and which seems to take the place of the Trimium of 

 Europe and the Actium of America, differs from T. palustris, Raffr., 

 by its stouter and more parallel facies ; the head is proportionally less 

 large and is shorter, the frontal part is provided with a small obtuse 



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