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green, but turning occasionally to blue ; the pubescence covering the 
latter is, however, less dense and shorter, but the distinctive character 
of this species is the very great length of the upper maxillary lobe which 
is nearly two-thirds the length of the whole antennae, is very briefly hairy 
and bears at apex a sharp pencil of hairs equal only to one-fifth of its 
length. But for the pencil of hairs continuing it, this lobe would be like 
that of Nemognatha or Gnathium, the latter an American genus. 
Length 7-9^ mm. ; width 3-3| mm. 
Hab. Bechuanaland (Miafeking) ; Southern Ehodesia (Salisbury, 
Plumtree, Manica). 
ZoNiTODEMA PROXiMA, Pering., 
Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, vi., 1892, p. 126. 
Black, with the prothorax pale red, and the elytra almost black but 
with a greenish tinge ; palps and maxillae slightly rufescent, apical joint 
of maxillary palps more broadly truncate at apex than the other species, 
upper lobe of maxillae somewhat broad, flattened, and with the pencil of 
hairs included, slightly longer than the palps ; head very briefly pubescent, 
deeply punctate, the punctures closely set, sub-rugose, a faint smooth 
patch in the frontal part ; prothorax sub-ampliate, rounded laterally, 
slightly attenuate in front, sparsely punctulate with the punctures shallow, 
glabrous ; scutellum very briefly pubescent ; elytra punctate shagreened, 
very briefly pubescent, the pubescence greyish white ; under side closely 
aciculate and briefly pubescent like the legs ; all the abdominal segments 
black. 
Length 6-8 mm. ; width' 14-2|- mm. 
Hab. Natal (Eshowe) ; Transvaal (Lydenburg). 
ZoNiTODEMA RUFiCEPS, Pering., 
Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, iv., 1888, p. 143. 
Head, prothorax, scutellum, under side, legs and palps red, antennae 
black with the basal joint red, elytra metallic green ; maxillary upper lobe 
compressed, somewhat broad, longer by itself than the maxillary palps 
and ending in a short pencil of hairs ; head deeply and closely punctate, 
the punctures only slightly rugose, in the frontal part a distinct raised 
line ; prothorax transverse, moderately rounded laterally towards the apex, 
but not attenuate, less sparingly punctate than in the other species of 
the genus ; scutellum very briefly pubescent ; elytra finely coriaceous 
shagreened, distinctly clothed with a greyish white pubescence ; under side 
and legs very briefly pubescent. 
Length 7-9 mm. ; width 2-2-|- mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Namaqualand). 
