Ig7 Tenebrionidae und Curculionidae. 30g 
confertis obsito; epipleurae usque ad apicem elytrorum extensae, subconfertim granulosae; corpus subtus 
punctulatum, prosterni processu oblongo, mesosterni in medio haud sulcato; pedes punctulati. 
Long. 9 — II mm. Lat. 5V2 — 7 mm. 
An ampliate species disinct from the other South African sones known to me. Under certain 
light the elytra have a cyaneous tinge. 
Hab. Great Namaqualand : Namib desert, east of Angra Pequena (between Kuikop and Tsirub 
Mountains), April 1904. 
2. Zophosis damarina n. sp. 
Elongato-ovata, nitidissima, nigra, tibiarum calcaria omnia unguesque flavescentia; caput creberrime 
aciculatum, antennae ultra medium thoracis attingentes, articulo tertio secundo longiore; prothorax longi- 
tudine duplo latior, subtiliter aciculatus, in medio disci fere levigatus; elytra in medio prothorace nonnihil 
latiora, ad tertiam partem illo vix angustiora, vix convexa, postice gradatim dehiscentia at ad suturam haud 
deplanata, apice singulatim subacute rotunda, ipso nonnihil retorsum producto, supra costis nullis, sub- 
crebre aciculata, juxta marginem laterum subremote scabrosa, ea acuta usque ad apicem ducta, epipleurae 
subtiliter subremote scabrosae ; corpus subtus crebre punctatum ; procesuss prosternalis oblongus, antice vix 
sensim marginatus, mesosternalis antice fortiter declivus subexcavatusque ; pedes sparse punctati. 
Long. 9 4 / 5 — 14 m. Lat. 5—7 mm. 
Differs from all its South African congeners by its very shiny appearance, its oblong elytra which 
are very little attenuate towards the posterior part, the apex itself projecting slightly, not impressed 
towards the suture, and the total absence of costules or traces of them on the discoidal part. 
Hab. Okahandja ; Sud-Hereroland, September-October 1903. Walfish Bay. 
3. Zophosis parentalis n. sp. 
Leviter metallescens. Z. damarinae proxima, ab illa differt statura minore, punctis elytrorum 
distinctioribus elytrisque latius supra marginem laterum scabrosis; processu mesosternali haud retuso atque 
haud excavato ; ceteris ut in specie praecedenti. 
Long. 8y 2 mm. Lat. 4 mm. 
This species, which is more metallic than the precedent one, is distinguished from it by the smaller 
size and is to some extent more navicular; the punctures on the prothorax are as finely alutaceous, but they 
are plainly more distinct on the elytra owing to their being deeper and nearer to each other. 
Hab. Southern Hereroland, September-October 1903. 
4. Zophosis boei Sol. 
Hab. Bechuanaland Protectorate : Kalahari between Lookaneng and Severelela, October 1904; 
between Sekgoma and Khakhea, November 1904. (Range right across South Africa.) 
5. Zophosis deyrollei Luc. 
Hab. Bechuanaland Protectorate: Kalahari between Lehututu and Kgokong, January 1905. 
6. Zophosis similis Deyr.? 
Hab. Southern Hereroland, September-October 1903. Great Namaqualand: Station Wasserfoll 
between Bethanien and Berseba, August 1905. (Originally described from Ngamiland.) 
