318 Annals of the South African Museum. 



The facies of this species is similar to that of B. rotundatus, Per., 

 but the sculpture of the elytra is different, the tubercles of the dorsal 

 series being much broader, depressed in the anterior part, and 

 conical behind and on the sides, those of the alternating series in 

 the dorsal part are more developed than the others ; in the prothorax 

 all the alveolar cavities are filled with a thick coating. 



Sub-Family BRACHYDEEINiE. 



Gen. STEOPHOSOMUS, Sch. 

 Stkophosomus funestus, n. sp. 



Niger, squamis supra albidis umbrinisque, ad latera subtusque 

 sub-opalinis tectus ; antennae rufescentes, scapo medium oculorum 

 tantum modo attingentes ; caput squamis umbrinis, ad latera supra 

 oculos albidis, fronte latitudine maxima dimidio brevius, distincte 

 canaliculatum a rostro canalicula transversa divisuni,oculi prominuli 

 longe retrorsum producti ; prothorax longitudine medio duplo latior, 

 basi apiceque truncatus ad angulos autem utrinque valde sinuatus, 

 angulis ipsis praesertim posticis prominenter acutis, lateribus fere 

 rectis at ad medium (<y) minus, (2) magis acute angulatis, supra 

 profunde crebreque punctatus, umbrino squamosus, vittis sub-latis 

 albidioribus prima in disco altera ad latera utrinque ornatus ; elytra 

 antice prothoracis basi angustiora, basi nonnihil arcuata humeris, 

 acutis reflexis, ab humeros ovalia, convexa, postice sub-retusa, 

 profunde punctato striata, interstitio juxta suturali quintoque in 

 dorso obscuriore umbrinis, caeteris praesertim ad latera albidioribus, 

 in hoc loco magis minusve opalinis ; corpus subtus squamis albido 

 opalinis tectum ; pedes opaline squamosi, breviter albido pubes- 

 centes, pilis crassioribus squamiformibus albis immixtis ; pedes 

 rufescentes. 



Long. 5 mm. ; lat. 2t mm. 



Hab. Transvaal. C. W. Howard. 



This species, which is easily recognised from its congeners of the 

 group having the eyes produced backwards, owing to the shape of 

 its nearly quadrangular prothorax, has been sent to me from the 

 Transvaal as proving injurious there to the crops of cotton and 

 tobacco. 



Stkophosomus hamaticollis, n. sp. 



Niger, squamis albido griseis ad latera subtusque pallidioribus at 

 haud opalinis vestitus, supra setulis rigidis brevibus, in elytris magis 



