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7. Zo%>hosis nigroaenea Deyr.? 
Hab. Bechuanaland Protectorate : Kalahari between Lookaneng and Severelela, October 1904. (Would 
seem to extend from the neighbourhood of Cape Town to Bechuanaland.) 
8. Zophosis devexa n. sp. 
Fere oblonga, curtula, nigra, nitida, calcaribus omnibus flavidis, subtus leviter submetallica; caput 
longitudine vix latius, in medio frontis obsolete impressum, creberrime punctatum ; antennae basin prothoracis 
vix attingentes, articulo tertio secundo nonnihil longiore ; prothorax bäsi longitudine media fere quadruplo 
latior supra modice convexus lateribus sensim devexis, margine subdeplanata, angulis posticis longe 
productis, in medio linea longitudinali media fere obsoleta praeditus, ad latera punctis elongatis crebre, in 
medio minoribus evanescentibusque obsitus; elytra thorace praeterea humeros haud latiora, haud triplo longiora 
lateribus a basi ad tertiam partem fere rectis, deinde apice gradatim attenuata, conjunctim rotundata, supra 
modice convexa, postice dehiscentia, ibi ad suturam leviter impressa, costis tribus postice evanescentibus, 
suturae proxima vix carinulata, utrinque praedita, in dorso fere laevia, interstitio primo subrugose punctato, 
ceteris lateribusque confertim scabrosis, epipleuris subremote scabriusculis; prosterni processus lanciformis, 
distincte marginatus, mesosternum antice longe excavatum ; pedes vix punctulati. 
Long. 5 x / 2 — 7 mm. Lat. 3 — 4 mm. 
A somewhat short species not unlike Z. similis Deyr. in general appearance, but less attenuated 
behind, and with elytral costae, which Z. similis does not possess, and also a different sculpture. 
Hab. Southern Hereroland, August-September 1903. Occurs also in Griqualand West, Cape Colony. 
9. Zophosis m/uricata Fab. 
Hab. Southern Hereroland, August-September 1903. Great Namaqualand: Kubub, April 1904. 
(Inhabits the whole of the Karroo Region, also the Upington Districts of the Cape Colony.) 
10. Zophosis ruppennis n. sp. 
Ovalis, nitida, rufo-brunnea, capite prothoraceque aeneis, antennarum articulis basalibus subrufe- 
scentibus; caput longitudine dimidio latius, in medium verticis leviter impressum, supra crebre profundeque 
punctatum ; antennae prothoracis basin fere attingentes ; prothorax basi longitudine media vix triplo latior, antice 
fere angustior, lateribus levissime rotundato ampliatis angulis omnibus modice productis, perparum convexus 
profunde confertimque punctatus, ad latera haud rugosus ; elytra thorace fere quadruplo longiora, ad medium 
basi ejusdem perparum latiora, versus apicem sensim acuminata, parum convexa, sutura a basi longe ultra 
medium leviter impressa, supra juxta suturam irregulariter at crebre aciculata, deinde ad latera lineolis 
longitudinalibus confertis obsita, lateribus carinam epipleurorum fere a basi usque ad apicem superantibus ; 
epipleura longitudinaliter subremote plicatula; prosterni processus acute lanciformis, marginatus, mesosterni 
subhorizontalis, longe canaliculatus; pedes vix punctati. 
Long. 4V2 mrn. Lat. 2 mm. 
Not unlike Z. submetallica in general appearance, but the head is a little narrower and so is the 
prothorax ; the colour and the sculpture are also different. 
Hab. Bechuanaland Protectorate: Kalahari, between Khakhea and Lehututu, December 1904. 
Southern Hereroland: Otjimbingwe, September 1903. 
