South African Coleopterous Fauna. 



apex in the male, not in the female, all the apical spurs very small, 

 especially the posterior; tarsi bristly above and beneath, sub-cordate, 

 basal one longer in the male than in the female. 



Differs from Machla and An id a in the very elongated shape of the 

 mentuni and the much longer labial palpi which project consider- 

 ably beyond the mentuni, in the shape of the antennal joints, and in 

 the absence of an outer apical tooth in the anterior tibiie. 



H.EMUS CARINATIPENNIS, n. sp. 



Black, but covered all over with an earthy coating and short, 

 densely set, thick, bristle-like hairs, springing from each of the some- 

 what deep punctures ; head broader than long ; prothorax with the 

 anterior angles sharp, projecting, diagonally ampliated laterally from 

 the apex to the median part, straight thence for a short distance, 

 deeply incised there, thus forming a sharp angle, and with the 

 posterior part straight, base also straight, discoidal part very little 

 convex, outer sides slightly deplanated ; no scutellum ; elytra 

 oblong-ovate, somewhat plane in the anterior part, dehiscent 

 behind, very rugose, but the background is hidden by the earthy 

 coating, except along the epipleural fold, the suture is broad, raised, 

 and on each side are three costas, the first and third of which reach 

 the posterior dehiscence, but the first one is slightly longer, at some 

 distance from the outer costa there is a small tubercle nearly equi- 

 distant from the apex and from the terminal part of the costa, the 

 second costa is a little shorter than the other two ; the under side 

 and legs are clothed with very dense, short appressed hairs, finer 

 than those covering the upper side. 



Length 9-10 mm. ; width o-oi mm. 



Hab. Southern Ehodesia (Unitali). G. A. K. Marshall. 



TRIBE SCAUEINI. 



GEN. HERPISCIUS, Sol. 

 HERPISCIUS DAMAUIXUS, n. sp. 



Head, prothorax, antenna?, and legs chestnut-brown, elytra 

 piceous, glabrous, moderately shining ; head finely striolate from 

 the transverse basal impression to the anterior one, and deeply 

 punctured laterally, epistoma closely and finely punctulate ; pro- 

 thorax orbicular, convex but not gibbose, truncate in front and also 

 behind, and covered with very closely set, much elongated punctures 



