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the Glilcenini, however aberrant they may appear at first sight. 

 Procletus and Procletodema will probably be found to live like 

 Bhopalomelus in Termite nests. 



Two years have now elapsed since the publication of the Catalogue 

 of Carabidce, and in spite of the unflagging zeal of my correspondents, 

 spurred by the desire to discover new species, the increase in number 

 has only been about one-tenth. Mr. G. A. K. Marshall is of opinion 

 that when Mashonaland is thoroughly explored more than 200 

 species will be found there. We know as yet little or nothing of 

 Damaraland and N'Gamiland, and very little of the low countries 

 of the Transvaal and Mozambique ; Natal will also probably yield 

 still a certain number of species ; but many of the captures will 

 prove to be identical with species known from the Zanzibar mainland, 

 Angola, Guinea, and Senegal. In spite of that I deem that 250 new 

 species, mostly small or obscure, will probably be found in the South 

 African region. 



With a few exceptions the types are in the South African Museum. 

 Two of them (Macrochilus viduatus and Crepidog aster atratus) are 

 in the Staats Museum in Pretoria, South African Republic. 



