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band near the apex reaching the sides, black ; below black, the legs 

 and the prosternum fulvous, the first named robust, the latter longi- 

 tudinally sulcate, the sides raised, the base truncate. 



Hah. Natal, Uitenhage (G. Barker). 



Of this interesting little species I received a single 

 apparently male specimen from Mr. Barker, the short 

 antennas, structure of the eyes and that of the prosternum 

 agree best with the genus in which I have placed it. 



Chciriphyle, gen. nov. (Uumolpidse). 



Body oblong, glabrous, eyes entire, antennae filiform, the second 

 joint shorter and much thicker than the third, terminal joints thick- 

 ened ; thorax transverse, distinctly margined at the sides, the latter 

 rounded, scutellum broader than long, elytra irregularly punctured, 

 the sides transversely rugose, femora with a minute tooth, the tibiae 

 entire, the claws bifid ; prosternum subquadrate, broad, the anterior 

 margin of the thoracic episternum concave. 



This genus will enter the group of Cheiriditiz of Lefevre's 

 arrangement and has the general appearance of Cheiridea, 

 but the lateral margin of the thorax is not serrate and the 

 tibiae are not emarginate at the apex ; Gheiridisia, Jac, 

 differs in having strongly dentate femora and a pubescent 

 upper surface. Stratioderus, Weise, has a serrate thoracic 

 margin and emarginate intermediate tibiae. 



Gheiriphyle metallica, sp. n. 



Greenish aeneous, the basal joints of the antennae and the legs flavous 

 or fulvous, head and thorax extremely closely punctured, elytra more 

 strongly and very closely semiregularly punctured, the interstices at 

 the sides transversely rugose. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head closely punctured, the clypeus separated from the face by a 

 transverse depression, rugosely punctured, labrum fulvous, antennae 

 extending to the middle of the elytra fulvous, the terminal joints 

 fuscous (in some specimens, the lower joints are only fulvous at the 

 base of each), third and following joints elongate ; thorax nearly twice 

 as broad as long, of nearly equal width, the sides not much deflexed, 

 the basal margin but slightly produced at the middle, the lateral 

 margins strongly rounded, the surface very closely and irregularly 

 punctured, the interstices slightly rugose, scutellum transverse, im- 

 punctate ; elytra more strongly punctured than the thorax, the 

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