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MELANOPHTHALMA (CORTICARINA) TRICHONOTA, Bel., 
Annal. Soc. Entom. Belg., 1898, p. 448. 
Entirely reddish-ferruginous, with the ultimate joint of the antennze 
alone a little infuscate; broadly ovate, shining, convex, elytra 
covered with long, erect pubescence; head and thorax equally 
moderately punctate; no tempora behind the eyes, which are 
nearly contiguous with the anterior margin of the pronotum; all 
the joints of the antenne are elongate, the three apical ones are 
little enlarged and form a loose club; prothorax about twice 
narrower than the elytra, transverse, more or less impressed with 
a transverse groove before the base; the lateral margins are 
rounded, broaden before the middle, and are a little more narrowed 
towards the base; elytra ovate, rounded, and sub-truncate at tip, 
more coarsely striato-punctate than on the head and _ thorax, 
interstices almost without punctures, pubescence alternately longer 
and erect; metasternum a little shorter than the first ventral 
segment, and with rather coarse but not very close punctures ; 
first ventral segment punctulate in ike manner, truncate between 
the posterior coxe, and almost equal in length there to the three 
segments following, which are short, of equal length, and have each 
a transverse row of punctures. Length 1:9 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Uitenhage). 
MELANOPHTHALMA (CORTICARINA) FULVIPES, Com., 
Coleopt. NoVoc., 1837, p. 39, n® 82. 
Briefly oval, convex, usually little pubescent; body testaceous, 
more or less deeply coloured, with the under side either infuscate or 
ferruginous ; antennal club tri-jointed, usually light testaceous like 
the joints of the funiculus; thorax transverse, very little narrower 
than the elytra, rounded on the sides, with the hind angle obtusely 
acuminate, hardly foveate or depressed in front of the scutellum and 
with the surface strongly punctate ; elytra rather strongly punctate, 
with the intervals hardly punctulate; metasternum straightly 
truncate between the hind coxe. Length 1-1:3 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony. 
Although the only example of this species found by Mr. Péringuey 
has the antennal club partly infuscate—an anomaly which is ex- 
ceedingly rare even in examples from southern parts and of dark 
colour—this species is easily distinguished from the preceding one 
by the proportional width of the thorax, and the absence of long, 
erect pubescence on the elytra. 
