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sensim latior apiceque vix angustior, lateribus leviter rotundatis, pone 

 oculos acute lobatis, margine apicali albido-ciliate, supra in medio 

 leviter convexus, lateribus sub-declivis, vage punctulatus ; elytra basi 

 thorace baud latiora, lateribus rotundato arnpliatis et versus apicem 

 acuminatis, medio thorace duplo latiora et fere quinto longiora, supra 

 convexa, apice declivia, carinis dorsalibus tribus margineque laterali 

 serratis in singulo instructis, interstitiis verrucis acutis sparsis una 

 serie dispositis insculptis, sutura epipleuraaque carinatae ; pedes 

 tenues, longissimi, femoribus subtus canaliculatis serratisque. Long. 

 18 mm. ; lat. 10 mm. 



Allied to A. boschii/iana, and intermediate in shape between this 

 species andA.pa'iva, Haag-Eut. It differs from A. boschiutann. in the 

 elytra being a little more ampliated and not quite as elongated, the 

 dorsal caringe are narrower and serrulate instead of being smooth, 

 and the intervals have a median row of sharp, not closely set 

 granules, instead of being very rugose and transversely plicate. 



Hub. Cape Colony (Little Namaqualand). Captured by Mr. G. 

 Alston. 



ADESMIA SCUTULATA, 



Plate VI., fig. 2. 



Nigra, indumento terreno obtecta ; caput rugose scrobiculatum, 

 pube flavescente vestitum ; pro thorax longitudine latitudine tcqualis, 

 lateribus ab apice usque ad tertiarn partem modice ampliatis, deinde 

 fere rectis, margine antica fimbriata, supra oculos profunde incisa, 

 disco rude scrobiculatus, modice convexus, lateribus dehiscentibus ; 

 elytra antice prothoracis basi baud latiora, lateribus ab hurneros 

 recte ampliatis, a medio ad apicem aculeatis, medio prothoracis basi 

 duplo latiora, supra plana, postice declivia, costa dorsali tuberculata 

 praeter marginem lateralern acute carinata sub-undulataque in sin- 

 gulo instructa, interstitiis verrucis nitidis adspersis ; epipleuni rude 

 scrobiculata ; pedes modice elongati ; antennae breves, crassiusculse. 

 Long. 12 mm. ; lat. 7 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished by the lozenge shape of the 

 elytra, the suture is raised and sparsely verrucose, the intervals 

 have a few irregular rounded, smooth tubercles scattered about, the 

 dorsal ridge is placed nearer to the outer margin than to the suture 

 and the outer margin itself is sharp but somewhat wavy. 



Hab. Zambesia (Victoria Falls, Salisbury, Enkeldoorn, Bulu- 

 wayo). (Dr. Bradshaw ; G. A. K. Marshall; J. ffolliot Darling; 

 Dr. Kolbe.) 



