258 Annals of the Soutli- African Muxciuu. 



MACHLOMORPHA ALTITUDINIS. 



Nigra, pnbe squamosa sparse obsita ; caput rude profundeque 

 punctatum, apice longitrorsum foveatum, inter antennas transversim 

 impressum, lobis ante-ocularibus modice prominulis ; prothorax, 

 apice nonnihil emarginatus, basi leviter bisinuatus, angulis totis 

 sub-acutis, prominulis, regulariter rotundato anapliatus, sed basi 

 apice nonnihil latior, convexus, profunde sat crebre punctatus, sulco 

 medio longitudinal!, lateribus anguste depressis, margins acuta, baud 

 reflexa ; elytra antice prothoracis basi nonnihil angustiora, pone 

 medium ampliata, ubi basi duplo latiora, convexa, dehiscentia, praeter 

 suturam elevatam, margine lateral i costisque duabus levibus in disco 

 positis ad apicem declivitatis terminatis, ubi conjunctis, in singulo 

 praedita, interstitiis vix punctulatis, pube squamosa sparsim vestita ; 

 subtus sat dense punctatus, abdomine fere levi ; pedesrugosi, setulosi. 

 Long. 32-14 mm. ; lat. 6-7 mm. 



Captured at the top of the highest peak in South Africa (Mont aux 

 Sources, altitude 10,000 feet), by Mr. G. Mann. 



MACHLOMORPHA DIVERSA. 



Brunnea, indumento ochraceo squamoso obtecta ; caput rude 

 coriaceum, lobis ante-ocularibus valde prominulis ; prothorax antice 

 circulatim emarginatus, angulis productis, ab angulo antico basi 

 modice ampliatus, versus basim baud attenuatus vel emarginatus, 

 basi apice fere duplo latior, lateribus sat late deplanatis, margine 

 laterurn valde reflexa, disco rude coriaceo, postice nonnihil elevato, 

 baud sculpturato, basi modice bi-sinuata, angulis acutis, promi- 

 nulis; elytra basi prothoracis latitudine fere aequalia, ad medium 

 perparum ampliata, supra plana, apice dehiscentia, crebre minuteque 

 punctulata, praeter marginem lateralem acutam costa discoidali 

 antice carinata, ad medium sub-undulata, postice abbreviata, in 

 singulo praedita, parte postica prope suturam interstitioque supra 

 laterali tuberculis sat confertis obsitis, sutura apice elevata ; subtus 

 dense minuteque granulosa, breviter pubescens ; pedes crebre granu- 

 loso-punctati, setulosi. Long. 14 mm. ; lat. 8 mm. 



Hub. Natal (no exact locality). 



GEN. ASIDA, Latr. 



ASIDA DEVIA. 



Nigra, indumento terrene vel ochraceo obtecta, marginibus pro- 



