732 Annals of the South African Museum. 



triangular shape of the head and by its wider epinoturn, which make 

 it resemble the sub-genus Colobopsis a good deal less. . . . Head 

 triangular, the sides rounded. Mandibles short, thick, pilose, with 

 6 or 7 teeth, with large deep punctures and very finely reticulate-striate 

 between the punctures. Clypeus almost rectangular, nearly parallel - 

 sided, not carinate, prolonged in front into a very short rectangular 

 lobe, emarginate on each side of the lobe, the middle of the anterior 

 margin entire. Thorax strongly arched, especially in front. Abdomen 

 fairly large. Thorax, abdomen, frons, vertex, clypeus and antennal 

 pits (also the cheeks in the $ minor) reticulate-punctate ; the 

 puncturation extremely dense, the bottom of the punctures micro- 

 scopically granulate. Legs and antennae (also the cheeks in the 21.) 

 very finely reticulate. Scale and declivity of the epinotum finely 

 punctate-rugulose transversely. On the head there are some large 

 piligerous punctures ; these become, in the 2|, large round pits which 

 are strongly reticulate-punctate at the bottom and Lave a decumbent 

 hair inserted in the middle. These pits give a peculiar carious 

 appearance to the sculpture. The whole body is covered with a 

 coarse, silvery pubescence, fairly short, but longer on the abdomen, 

 and not very dense, . . . . the antennae and legs have a finer pubescence. 

 Some white, erect, thick and obtuse hairs are dispersed over the body, 

 especially on the margin of the scale and on the abdominal segments. 

 Tibiae and scapes without erect hairs. Black, dull. Antennae 

 (except the end of the flagellum), tibiae, tarsi, part of the femora and 

 mandibles (except the teeth in the 2J.) reddish. In the 21 the anterior 

 margin of the clypeus and cheeks also reddish. 



G-randidieri, race mendax, Eniery. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 63, p. 54, £ minor, 1895. 



Santschi emend., loc. cit., p. 274, $ media. 



"$ minor, 4*5 mm. In form and sculpture this imitates Grandidieri 

 exactly. The shape of the thorax as in Olivieri. The head is more 

 elongate than in Grandidieri ; the scape extends beyond the occiput 

 by one-third of its length. Colour black ; mandibles and antennae 

 rusty red. Hamman's Kraal, (Simon)." 



The ^ minor has no glabrous median line on the abdomen, but 

 according to Santschi, the line is fairly distinct in the £ media. This 

 race is also found in Natal. 



