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longitniliiially iiii]ii'('sse(l, with very scarce ])uiic.tnres : its ajiex emai'giiiate. Elytra 

 parallel, with tlie base rather strongly elevated near tiie scntelhim and shonlrter, 

 granulated, tliese grannies moderately strong iit tlie base, then becoming- extremely 

 dense and fine, and wanting at the extreme apex, which is coarsely and rugosely 

 punctuated ; the suture and the outer border, as well as four carinae on each eh'tron, 

 elevated, the carinae obsolete on the base, with a somewhat irregular row of coarse 

 ])nuctures at each side. Fore margin of the prosternnm fringed with yellow brown 

 hairs, the pubescence of th(i metasternnm dense brownish black, that of the abdomen 

 of the same colour, but very sparse, whilst the coxae and trochanters are clothed 

 with a yellowish grey pubescence. Process of the prosternnm excavated near the 

 apex, with the tip strongly recurved, forming a strong tuliercle in front of the 

 mesosternum. The latter rather broad and excavated. Fore tibiae with coarse 

 punctures and granules ; their inner and outer edges shortly denticulated ; anterior 

 femora beneath with tubercles at the base, with teeth near the apex. Intermediate 

 femora and tibiae with short teeth at the inner edge, the tibiae, moreover, with 

 shar]j tubercles all over. Hind femora wath very short teeth at the inner edge, 

 hind tibiae without teeth, but covered with acnte granules. 



Hnh. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



A very couspicnous species, which may be easily distinguished by the elytra 

 having strongly elevated costae, with the interstices of a peculiar greenish colour. 



!1. Erioderus hirtus (l^'abr.). 

 Magalies Berge (Transvaal). 



12. Aulacopus thoracicalis sp. nov. 



A. ater ; jirothorace antice vix angustato, lateribus denticulatis, dentibus anticis 

 latioribus, angulis posticis recurvatis, fortiter punctato, disco fere laevi, utrinque 

 pone medium punctato, hoc spatio punctato jjostice versus latera curvato, j)raeterea 

 disco lateraliter sjiatio longitudinal! impresso, punctato, postice cum area, punctata 

 submediana fere unito. Elytra grosse punctata, postice leviter rugulosa, sutura 

 bidentata, singulo qnatuor striis leviter elevatis, duabus basim attingentibus. 

 Processus jjrosternalis angustus, marginatus. 



Long. 19 mm., elytr. 13, lat. 5. 



Black, shining, coarsely punctuated, with the punctures scarce between the 

 eyes, on the disc of the prothorax, on the scutellum, and on the elytra behind the 

 scutellum. Prothorax nearly as broad at the front margin as at the base, the sides 

 with short teeth, wanting in front of the hind angles, the anterior teeth rather 

 broad ; the disc has a peculiar structure, there being two areae of punctures at 

 each side, the first punctulated space beginning near the front margin, running along 

 the sides of the middle line and curving behind towards the sides, where it is almost 

 united with the second area at the sides of the disc ; both streak-like punctured 

 areae are almost entirely surrounded with a smooth space. Scutellum semicircular. 

 Elytra toothed at the sutural angles, convex, with the sides parallel ; each elytron 

 with four slightly raised lines, two of wliicii extend to the base. Prosternnm 

 coiU'sely punctuated, its process nearly smooth, narrow, and margineil at the sides 

 and tip. Metasternnm and apex of the abdomen witii yellowish grey hairs. All 

 femora with some coarse punctures at the inner edges, elsewhere almost sniooti] ; 

 the tibiae with coarse punctures. 



Hab. Gold (!oast. 



