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carinate elytra. I have one example in my collection labelled ‘‘ Cape 
of Good Hope.” As this species is found in various parts of Africa, 
its capture in Cape Colony is not surprising. It is possibly of 
American origin, as it occurs in Mexico, Venezuela, and Chili. 
TriBe CORTICARIINI. 
Reitt., Stett. Ent. Zeits., 1875, p. 410; Belon, Rev. Franc. d Entom., 
1897, p. 114. 
Two genera only, including eleven species, are known to occur in 
the Cape Colony. When these minute insects are more carefully 
searched for, there is little doubt that the number of South African 
species will be considerably increased. 
GEN. CORTICARIA, Marsh., 
Ent. Britt., 1802, i., p. 106. 
Body rather elongato-ovate, usually pubescent on the upper part ; 
antenne. eleven-jointed, inserted upwards at the anterior angles of 
the forehead, the three apical joints forming an elongate, loose club ; 
eyes globose, lateral, usually prominent and large, rarely small, 
coarsely granulate; prothorax without longitudinal median coste, 
often foveolate before the base; lateral margins more or less 
denticulate; scutellum distinct; elytra striato-punctate; abdomen 
six-jointed in the male, five-jointed in the female. 
Corticaria proper are principally characterised by the elytra 
clothed with a somewhat long, erect or curved pubescence, and 
by the metasternum as long as the first ventral segment. 
The three following species belong to this group, but as I have 
been able to examine one only, I do not venture to give a synopsis 
of them. 
CORTICARIA PUBESCENS, Gyll., 
Insect-Suec., iv., p, 123, 0° 
Entirely or partially brownish-ferruginous on the upper side, 
under side often black ; antennz and legs always lighter in colour ; 
all the joints of antenne are distinctly longer than broad; thorax 
sub-cordate, much narrower than the elytra, widest in the anterior 
