199 Tenebrionidae und Curculionidae. 
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11. Zophosis prona n. sp. 
Ampliato-ovata, nigra, supra vix nitida, palpis, antennis, abdomine, pectore pedibusque subnitidis; 
caput quadratum confertim aciculato-punctatum ; antennae angulum posticum prothoracis haud attingentes; 
prothorax longitudine media basi triplo latior, angulis omnibus acutis, posticis longe acuminatis, in medio 
vix convexus, ad latera devexus margine postice deplanata, creberrime aciculatus ; elytra pone humeros 
rotundatos prothoracis basin haud latiora, deinde ad medium perspicue rotundato-ampliata, postice gradatim 
attenuata, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa, haud costata, nonnunquam secundum suturam postice 
impressa, granulis scabrosis confertis supra marginem lateralem striolas interruptas breves formantibus 
obsita, lateribus carinam epipleurorum etiam ad apicem haud superantibus ; epipleura vix scabro-punctata ; 
prosterni processus oblongo-ovatus, apice modice acuminatus, distincte marginatus, mesosterni antice fortiter 
devexus, haud canaliculatus; metasternum punctatum, linea media tenui ab apice ad medium ducta; pedes 
sparsim punctati. 
Long. 9V2 mm. Lat. 6 mm. 
This species is not unlike Z. muricata in general facies, but it is much smaller, and differs also in 
the sculpture of the elytra. 
Hab. Namib near Angra Pequena (Lüderitzbucht), April and June 1903. 
Genus Calosis. 
12. Calosis amabilis Deyr. 
Hab. South-West-African Coast between Cape Cross and Swakopmund, August 1903. (Hab. also 
the coast of Angola.) 
Genus Onychosis. 
13. Onychosis gracilipes Deyr. 
Hab. Sandy Strand near Anichab (north of Angra Pequena), April, July 1903. 
II. Adesmiinae. 
Genus Adesmia. 
14. Adesmia ( Onymachris) luderitzi n. sp. 
Ovalis, nigra, subnitida, pedibus longissimis, unguibus permagnis ; caput leviter punctulatum, punctis 
sparsis; prothorax margine antica breviter albo-fimbriata, longitudine magis duplo latior angulis posticis 
valde acutis, in medio subconvexus, ad latera leviter deplanatus, punctis profundis in medium disci atque 
ad latera crebre obsitus, utroque plaga levi notatus ; elytra ovalia, latitudine tertio longiora, a basi ultra 
medium sensim convexa, deinde apice gradatim dehiscentia, sutura carinisque duabus, etiam in femina tribus, 
acutis at haud serratis, apice liberis utroque munita, interstitiis in dorso rugis confluentibus obsolete granu- 
latis, ad latera magis remotis acutioribusque obtectis, margine laterali acuta; tibiae subspinosulae, femora 
granulis minutis crebre obsita, spinae unguesque rufo-brunnei. 
This species, which owing to its very long tibial spurs and claws comes into the group, or sub- 
genus, Onymachris All. is allied to 0. rugatipennis Haug. and to 0. boschimana, and 0. gariesa Per. From 
the former, which it more closely resembles, it differs in the less rough sculpture of the dorsal part of the 
