410 L. Peringuey, 208 
the base; the granules are very small and separated from each other by a Space equal in width to their 
size. P. laetulus Pering. has somewhat the same general facies, but the Shoulders are more obliterated, the 
prothorax is not so convex, and the sculpture is quite different. 
Hab. Southern Hereroland: Windhuk, September 1903. 
64. Psammodes interventor n. sp. 
Niger, elytris subnitidis nonnihil aenescentibus, glaber; antennis pedibusque rufo-castaneis, dense 
subbreviterque setulosis; caput parce punctulatum ; prothorax postice fere gibboso-convexus, longitudine 
latitudine aequali, angulis anticis acuminatis, posticis obtuse rotundatis m.argine basali in medio late obliterata, 
levis, ad latera distinctius punctulatus, supra basim haud transversim impressus; scutellum creberrime 
granulatum; elytra ovata, prothorace basi haud latiora humeris nullis, supra nonnihil ampliata, postice 
retusa, apice vero deplanato, sub porrecto, lateribus parteque posticali tuberculis acutis, compressis, retorsum 
ductis interstitiis granulosis longitudinaliter seriatis, dorso a basi ultra medium levigato, punctis minutis 
remotis adsperso, epipleuris sub angustis, levigatis; abdorrten aciculatum, pectus rugose punctatum ; pedes 
elongati, rugosi, femoribus posticis medium segmenti ultimi abdominis attingentibus, <S segm. abdom. 3 primis 
dense lateque fulvo-tomentosis. 
Long. 19 mm. Lat. 10 mm. 
Very closely related to P. pierreti Am. The two male examples that I have seen are of a smaller 
stature, and the elytra have a faint aeneous tinge, the lateral rows of tubercles are more numerous and the 
intervals between the longitudinal rows are filled with very distinct, remote, verrucose granules. ' 
Hab. Southern Hereroland : Windhuk, September 1903. 
65. Psammodes longipes Haag-Rut. 
Hab. Great Namaqualand : Kubub, März 1904. (Inhabits Prieska and Carnarvon Districts, Cape Colony.) 
66. Psammodes scrobicollis Fähr. 
Hab. Okahandja. (Extends right across South Africa.) 
67. Psammodes species. 
Hab. Little Namaqualand: Steinkopf, July 1904. 
68. Psammodes blapsoldes Haag-Rut. 
Hab. Great Namaqualand : Kubub, March 1904. 
69. Psammodes tumidipennis Haag-Rut. 
Hab. Little Namaqualand: Steinkopf, July 1904; Kamaggas, July 1904. 
Genus Trachynotidus. 
70. Trachynotidus insularis n. sp. 
Rufo - castaneus, elytris pedibusque dilutioribus, nitidus; caput creberrime granulosum, epistoma 
labroque villosis; antennae breves, medium prothoracis attingentes; prothorax longitudine tertio latior, pone 
medium angulatim dilatatus, lateribus distincte marginatis, a medio postice, at praesertim ad medium, reflexo- 
marginatis, angulis anticis posticisque prominulis, basi apice latitudine fere aequali, in medium dorsi sub- 
