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margins are thinner and less recurved, and there is a distinct longi- 

 tudinal groove in the centre ; the median part of the base is not 

 angular in A. transvaalensis. 



Hab. Zululand (Eshowe). A. Windham. 



ASIDA CONSOBEINA. 



Nigra, opaca, capite prothoraceque crebre punctatis, punctis 

 squamis ochraceis repletis ; caput in inedio impressum, lobis 

 anteocularibus modice productis ; prothorax longitudine fere dimidio 

 latior, parum rotundatus, ad basim haud constrictus, basi apice 

 dimidio latiore, bi-sinuata, medio in processu angulato producta, supra 

 nonnihil convexus, medio linea longitudinali insculpto ; elytra antice 

 prothorace basi nonnihil angustiora, ad tertiam partem longitudinis 

 paullum ampliata, convexa, postice declivia, lateribus fossulatis, 

 medio laxiore sed late punctato, squamulis griseis uonnullis adspersa, 

 singulo prater costam lateralem sublaceratam, carina levi longe ante 

 iipicem abbreviata, rudimentoque obliquo basali costae interioris, 

 sutura parum elevata ; subtus ut in specie prascedenti. Long. 

 17 mm. ; lat. 10 mm. 



Closely allied to the preceding species owing to the general appear- 

 ance and shape, but larger, more convex on the elytra, the sides of 

 which are foveate instead of being verrucose ; the median part of the 

 base of the prothorax is also produced in an angular process much more 

 distinct than in A. zula, and the disk of the prothorax is also more 

 convex ; the basal rudiment of another dorsal costa in the elytra is 

 oblique instead of being straight. 



Hab. Zululand (Eshowe). 



ASIDA ZAMBESIANA. 



Nigra, opaca, pube ochracea breve sat dense vestita ; caput 

 profunde crebreque punctatum ; prothorax crebre punctatus longi- 

 tudine tertio latior, rotundato ampliatus, ad basim vix attenuatus, 

 lateribus sat late deplanatis, marginibus acutis brevissime setulosis, 

 distincte reflexis, infra haud canaliculatis, disco modice convexo, 

 linea longitudinali obsoleta, basi bi-sinuata, angulis posticis acutis, 

 prominulis ; elytra antice prothorace basi nonnihil angustiora ante 

 medium perparum ampliata, supra nonnihil deplanata, postice 

 dehiscentia, margine laterali dorsi crenulata, setulosa carinaque 

 dorsali etiam breviter setulosa, procul ab apice terminata, recta ad 

 humerurn haud ducta, in singulo instructs, sutura haud elevata; 



