South African Coleopterous Fauna. 263 



sum ; pedes dense griseo tomentosi, setulosi. Long. 10 mm. : lat. 

 5rf mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town). 



ASIDA MOSSAMBICA. 



Nigra, indumento terrene obtecta pubeque setulosa fulvescente 

 vestita ; caput crebre rudeque punctulatum, inter antennas trans- 

 versim impressum, vertice obsolete foveolatum, lobis ante-ocularibus 

 prominulis ; prothorax crebre punctatus regulariter rotundato- 

 ampliatus, apice circulatim emarginatus, basi simiatus angulis 

 posticis prominulis, disco vix elevato, lateribus sat deplanatis, 

 marginibus laterum modice acutis, reflexis, infra excavatis ; elytra 

 antice prothorace basi vix latiora, post medium latitudine maxima 

 ejusdem aequalia, versus apicem acuminata, supra depressa, postice 

 longe declivia, margine laterali acuta carinaque transversa discoid;di. 

 pone medium posita, utroque praedita ; subtus breviter fulvo pubescens ; 

 pedes subtiliter setulosi. Long. 11 mm. ; lat. 6 mm. 



This species is easily distinguished by the small transverse ridge 

 situated on each side of the elytra at the top of the declivity. 



Hab. Mozambique (Eikatla). Eev. H. Junod. 



ASIDA TURBIDA. 



Nigra, indumento terreno obtecta, setulis brevibus dense vestita ; 

 caput antice verticeque baud distincte impressum, confertim setosum ; 

 prothorax apice late circulatim emarginatus, lateraliter ab angulo 

 laterali pone medium modice rotundato ampliatus, dein ad basim 

 profunde sinuatus, angulis posticis acuminatis, prominulis, basi ad 

 latera utroque incisus, supra vix elevatus, crebre setulosus, lateribus 

 sat deplanatis, margine laterum vix reliexa, infra baud excavata, 

 supra basim utroque sat distincte impressus ; elytra antice prothorace 

 basi perparum latiora, post medium nonmhil ampliata, rugosula, 

 crebre setosa, supra deplanata, postice longe dehiscentia, margine 

 laterali verrucosa, ad humeros crassiora rudimentoque basali costae 

 discoidalis utroque praedita ; corpus subtus pedesque brevissime 

 setulosa. Long. 11 mm. ; lat. 6 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). A. Barn-ay. 



ASIDA UMBKINA. 



Nigra, pube fulvescente obtecta pilisque erectis longis, nigris 

 densissime vestita ; caput rugosum, vix impressum, lobis anteocn- 



