262 Aii)ialn <>i the South African 



interstitiis breve fulvo setulosis, impunctatis ; corpus subtus pedesque 

 ut in speciebus antecedentibus. Long. 19 mm. ; lat. 10 mm. 



Evidently allied to A. bi-costata, Fahr., but the elytra are impunc- 

 tate, and the dorsal costa is not directed obliquely towards the base. 



Hab. Zambesia, ? Victoria Falls. 



ASIDA ABERRANS. 



Nigra, indumento terreno obtecta, supra setulosa ; caput in medio 

 impressum, vertice sub-fossulatum, rugosum, breviter pilosum, lobis 

 anteocularibus valde prominulis ; prothorax longitudine fere duplo 

 latior, pone medium valde rotundato-ampliatus, ad basim minus 

 attenuatus, lateribus anguste deplanatis, marginibus laterum sat 

 crassis, reflexis, disco convexo, postice sensim elevato, areolis parvis 

 quatuor transversim positis notato, dense brevissimeque setulosus, 

 basi sub-circulari, angulis prominulis, margine laterum infra sat 

 profunde canaliculata ; elytra antice prothorace basi vix angustiora, 

 pone medium ampliata, ubi prothorace perparum latiora, supra 

 vix convexa, postice declivia, margine laterali costisque dorsalibus 

 duabus approximatis procul ab apice abbreviatis granuloso setosis, 

 suturae proxima vix perspicua, intermedia ad basim carinata utroque 

 praedita, interstitiis grauulatis, granulis sparsis, setulosis, in medio 

 disci humilioribus ; corpus subtus sat dense squamosum ; pedes 

 dense brunneo-tomentosi, setulosi. Long. 10 mm. ; lat. mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town). 



ASIDA PAUPERATA. 



Nigra, indumento griseo obtecta, supra glabra ; caput antice 

 impressum, vertice sat late sed baud profunde foveatum ; prothorace 

 rugosulum, disco sat crebre punctulato, elevato, longitudinaliter 

 perspicue canaliculate, impressionibus duabus utroque notato, 

 lateribus late deplanatis, marginibus sat crassis, reflexis, infra 

 excavatis ; elytra antice prothoracis basi nonnihil angustiora, post 

 medium latitudine maxima ejusdem lequalia, supra sub-deplanata, 

 postice declivia, sat crebre sxib-seriatim granulata, margine laterali 

 costisque duabus granulatis, intermedia ad basim carinata cum 

 suturae proxima procul ab apice connexa atque in callo producta, 

 utroque pracdita, costa suturae proxima interdum fere obliterata, 

 sutura postice granulosa, elevata ; corpus subtus sat dense squamo- 



