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straight laterally, and rounded in the anterior part for one-fifth of 

 the length ; elytra parallel, striate ; joints of anterior tarsi short, the 

 second, third, and fourth triangular, the latter lobate ; claws pluri- 

 pectinate. 



The distinctive characters between KLey terns and the present genus 

 are to be found in the shape of the labial palpi, which are sharply 

 acuminate at tip instead of being obliquely truncate ; the intermediate 

 joints of the anterior tarsi are much shorter, more triangular, and the 

 fourth one is lobate instead of being incised. 



Klepteromimus ornatus. 



Fuscous-brown with the prothorax a little lighter than the elytra ; 

 antennae and legs flavescent ; head smooth ; prothorax a little longer 

 than broad, rounded a little in the anterior part, nearly straight late- 

 rally, but very slightly narrower at the base than at about the median 

 part, posterior part of the margin a little recurved, posterior angle 

 sharp ; the disk is very finely plicate transversely, and the median 

 longitudinal grooved line very distinct ; elytra one-fourth broader 

 than the prothorax at base, nearly parallel, with the humeral angles 

 slightly sloping, truncate behind, plane, punctato-striate with the 

 punctures deep and not closely set ; the intervals are plane ; they 

 are of a somewhat dull metallic tinge and have on each side two- 

 elongato-quadrate flavescent patches disposed diagonally in the 

 anterior part, and two more in the posterior part similarly disposed, 

 and there is also a small elongated spot of the same colour on the 

 second interval at some distance from the base. Length 3 J mm. ; 

 width 1 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Malvern). 



Gen. KLEPSIPHEUS, 



Catal., p. 237. 



Klepsiphrus crenato-striatus. 



Colour and shape of K . pugnax ; the head, however, is not piceous ; 

 the prothorax is of the same shape and equally smooth and shining ; 

 the elytra have also the same shape, but they are much more deeply 

 striate, and the striae much more deeply punctate, and the series of 

 punctures on the third, fifth, and seventh intervals are not very 

 well defined. 



