207 Tenebrionidae und Curculionidae. iOu 
lateribus posticeque tuberculis erectis apice rotundatis, ad latera 7-fariam, postice 8-fariam seriatis, seriebus 
lateralibus fere ab humeris apice ductis, in singulo instructis, medio disci interstitiisque tuberculorum 
impunctatis; abdominis segmenta aciculata, pectus punctis crebris brevissime setiferis in mesosterno 
granulatis obsitum ; antennae graciles, prothoracis basim vix attingentes ; pedes brevissime pubescentes ; 
c? segm. abdom 3 primis dense lateque fulvo-tomentosis. 
Long. 31 mm. Lat. 21 mm. 
This species belongs to the group of P. pierreti Am., tuberculipennis Haag, mashunm Pering. etc. 
From the former two it is distinguished by the elongated elytra which are very little, if at all ampliated 
laterally in the middle, and by the shape of the tubercles which are not acuminate at the apex, nor directed 
backwards. 
Hab. Namib between Kuikop and Tsirub mountains (east of Angra Pequena), April 1904. 
62. Psammodes karnag asus n. sp. 
Niger, vix nitidus, palpis, antennis pedibusque rufo-brunneis ; caput punctatum, punctis in epistonia 
remotis, setiferis, in vertice minoribus magisque approximatis; antennae longae basim elytrorum superantes; 
prothorax longitudine haud latior, basi apice latitudine fere aequali, subglobosus angulis anticis rotundatis, 
posticis subprominulis, antice posticeque marginatus, margine basali prominula, recta, integra, punctis 
rotundatis approximatis at haud confluentibus atque setis rigidis longis, subsparsis obsitus; scutellum pro- 
funde punctatum ; elytra elongata, basi prothorace vix latiora, humeris prominulis, ab illis fere ad tertiam 
partem longitudinis suboblonga, deinde ovato-acuminata, supra modice convexa, postice gradatim dehi- 
scentia, costis 3 longitudinalibus subrectiformibus utroque praedita, punctis foveolatis subapproximatis setam 
longam ferentibus a basi ultra medium prominentibus posticeque evanescentibus obsita; abdomen sparse 
punctulatum, punctis setam brevem reclinatam ferentibus; pectus granulatum longius pilosum ; pedes rugosuli 
setulosique, tibiis posticis abdominis segmenti antepaenultimi apicem nonnihil excedentibus. 
Long. 16 mm. Lat. 6 mm. 
This species is easily distinguished from all other known to me by the almost foveate punctuation 
of the anterior part of the elytra from the base to slightly past the median part ; these foveolate punctures 
are more conspicuous at the base, and they gradually diminish in size until the postmedian part is reached, 
beyond that only the hairs without the punctures are left; even the costae are foveate punctate from the 
base to past beyond the middle. 
Hab. Little Namaqualand: Kamaggas, July 1904. 
63. Psammodes herero n. sp. 
Elongato-ovatus, niger, vix nitidus, antennis pedibusque rufo-brunneis, fulvo-pubescentibus; caput 
conspicue longitudinaliter strigoso-plicatum ; prothorax valde convexus, fere subgibbosus, ad medium 
rotundatim ampliatus, antice posticeque truncatus margine posticali integra, superficie tota tenuissime 
creberrimeque longitudinaliter plicatula; scutellum crebre granulatum; elytra elongata, ad humeros prothorace 
tertio latiora, deinde elongato-ovata, postice sensim acuminata, a basi post medium leviter convexa, pone 
medium dehiscentia, granulis minimis sat dense obsita brevissimeque pubescentia; pedes graciles, cribrati, 
femoribus posticis basin segmenti penultimi abdominis attingentibus ; corpus subtus aspero granulosum, 
brevissime fulvo-pubescens ; segmentis basalibus 3 maris pube densiore in medio vestitis. 
Long. 13— 13V2 mm - Lat. 5 — 6 1 / 2 mm. 
I do not know of any close ally to this species which is remarkable by its very elongate ovate 
shape, the very convex and very closely plicate prothorax and the elytra which are at their widest near 
