584 Annals of the South African Museum. 



P. (sub-gen. Anacantholepis) van den Kelleni, Forel. 

 Mitt. Schweiz. Ent. Ges. vol. 10, p. 310. £. 1901. 



"<^. Head somewhat flattened, rectangular, a little longer than 

 wide, shallowly emarginate behind. Eyes decidedly large, placed a 

 little in front of the middle of the sides. The scapes extend very 

 little beyond the hind margin of the head. Thorax fairly slender, 

 strongly contracted at the mesonotum, especially so along the whole 

 length of the meso- and metanotum, or quite as much so as in the 

 capensis group of Acantholepis. Mesonotum longer than wide. Meta- 

 notum quite half as long as the mesonotum, with two slightly raised 

 stigmata, separated from both the meso- and the epinotum by deep 

 and somewhat constricting sutures. Dorsum of epinotum very wide, 

 rectangular, at least twice as wide as long, separated from the 

 declivity by a fairly sharp margin which ends on each side in a 

 sharp corner. The declivity is also sharply margined at the sides. 

 Scale thick, rounded above, strongly inclined forwards. Head and 

 thorax dull, exceedingly finely and closely punctured, or reticulate- 

 punctate. Abdomen and scale shining, very superficially reticulate." 

 Mossamedes. 



Var. tricolor, Forel. 

 Schultze, Reise SM-Afrika, vol. 4, p. 24, £. 1910. 



"^3. 1"6 mm. Differs from the type ^species as follows: Head 

 much wider, quite as wide as long, or (even wider. Scape somewhat 

 longer, extending very distinctly beyond the occipital margin. Head 

 and thorax not quite dull, the sculpture more superficial. The 

 thoracic emarginations between the meso-^and metanotum and be- 

 tween the latter and the epinotum more pronounced than in the 

 type species. Pilosity the same, the blunt bristly hairs somewhat 

 more distinct. Head, thorax, petiole and legs yellow-red ; 1st abdo- 

 minal segment above yellow ; the rest of the abdomen black, with 

 yellow margins to the segments. Club of antenna brownish. 



Kalahari, between Kooa and Sekgoma, (L. Schultze)". 



Race polita, Santschi. 

 Goteborgs Kungl. Vetens. och Vitterh. Handl. XV, 2, p. 37, §. 1914. 



"§. l"5-l - 6 mm. Thorax and mandibles testaceous red. Head 

 and abdomen black, sometimes reddish brown. Antennae and legs 

 yellow, middle of the femora and part of the flagellum more or less 



