260 Annals of the South African Museum. 



ASIDA TEANSVAALENSIS. 



Nigra, indumento terreno vel fulvo obtecta, marginibus prothoracis 

 brevissime setosis, tuberculis elytrorum glabris ; caput scrobicu- 

 latum, depressum, lobis ante ocularibus sat fortiter productis ; pro- 

 thorax in dorso scrobiculatus, ad latera rugosus, longitudine duplo 

 latior, apice circulatim emarginatus, basi bi-sinuatus, angulis omnibus 

 acutis sed baud prominulis, lateribus ab apice pone medium rotundato 

 ampliatis, deinde ad basim baud constrictis, marginibus baud crassis, 

 valde reflexis, infra concavis sed baud canaliculatis, supra disco 

 valde elevato, rotundato ; elytra antice prothorace basi baud latiora, 

 post medium ampliata, ubi prothoracis parte maxima nonnihil latiora, 

 paullum convexa, postice valde declivia, ad latera posticeque verru- 

 cosa, antice prope basirn laeviora, praeter costam lateralem e verrucis 

 confertis forrnata, carina sub-acuta, verrucosa, cum lateral! basi 

 connexa, procul ab apice abbreviata rudimentoque basali costae 

 interioris in singulo prsedita, sutura perparum elevata ; prosternum 

 rude punctatum, abdomen distincte punctulatum, brevissime pilosum ; 

 pedes fulvo pubescentes. Long. 15 mm. ; lat. 9 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). T. Ayres. 



ASIDA ZULA. 



Nigra, indumento terreno obtecta, marginibus prothoracis, breviter 

 setosis ; caput in medio leviter impressum, punctulatum, lobis ante- 

 ocularibus sat fortiter productis; prothorax leviter scrobiculatus, 

 longitudine fere duplo latior, apice circulatim emarginatus, basi bi- 

 sinuatus, basi ipsa in medio nonnihil aculeata, angulis posticis pro- 

 minentibus, lateribus ab apice pone medium sub-diagonaliter, 

 ampliatis, deinde ad basim baud constrictis, marginibus baud 

 crassis, modice reflexis, infra canaliculatis, supra paullum convexus 

 lateribus sat anguste deplanatis, medio canaliculate fossaque basali 

 notato ; elytra antice prothorace basi baud latiora, post medium 

 parum ampliata, supra deplanata, postice sat longe dehiscentia, 

 crebre verrucosa, verrucis glabris, sutura elevata, praeter costam 

 verrucosam lateralem carina acuta longe procul ab apice terminata 

 cum costa laterali basi connexa rudimentoque basali costae interioris 

 in singulo instructis ; subtus rugosa, pectore ochraceo tomentoso, 

 abdomine profunde punctato, sub-pubescente ; pedes ochraceo 

 squamosi, breviter setulosi. Long. 14-15 mm. ; lat. 6^-8 mm. 



Much more parallel than the preceding species, and with the dis- 

 coidal part of the prothorax less raised, less scrobiculate ; the outer 



