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inermis (Chaud.), rugiceps and others of the same section, but differing 

 from the genus Searites by the obtuse and rounded tip of the maxilla?, 

 and in the relatively short penultimate joint of the maxillary palpi, in 

 which characters (and the untoothed thoi'ax) it agrees with Uaplotra- 

 chelus. It differs from this genus in the absence of raised carina 

 along the margins of the elytra ; but the exterior edge of the 7th stria) 

 is slightly raised throughout, and this may be considered as the carina 

 in a rudimentary form. The general colour is deep glossy-black. The 

 head much resembles that of IT. eapicola, the mandibles are strongly 

 carinated and striated, but the furrow between the two principal carinse 

 is simply granulate at the base. The front of the head is strongly 

 striated, the eyes are encased behind in an orbit which is at least as 

 prominent as the eye. The thorax is of the more elongate form of 

 a. i?iermis ; it has a marginal row of seven or eight setiform punctures 

 on each side ; the anterior transverse impression is very sharply marked. 

 The elytra have each seven fine striae, punctui*ed only at the apex ; the 

 dorsal interstices are plane, the lateral ones slightly convex and nar- 

 rower ; the third has four or five large setiferous punctures, the first 

 very near the base, the second in the middle ; the eighth interstice is 

 unusually broad ; it is steeply sloping to the margin and very smooth, 

 except in the marginal groove, which has a few fine granules mixed 

 with usual row of larger ones. The shoulders of the elytra have no 

 trace of the usual tooth, and are rounded to the pedicel ; the base has 

 a few large granules. The anterior tibia? have four denticulations 

 above the third digitation ; the middle tibia? are unispinose. 

 Caffraria (Mr. Gerrard) ; one example. 



SCABITES (GlTPTOGEUS) INSCTJLPTTJS, Sp. U. 



Elongaio-oblonrjus, depressus, niger ; capite onagno, Jcevi ; mandi- 

 hiiUs vix striatis ; maxilUs ohtusis ; pa1p)is articulo p)(^nultimo multo 

 hreviori ; tliorace post ice dentafo, hasi valde lobato ; elytris suh-paral- 

 lelis, dorso seriatim fovcolutis, utrinque tricostatis, et laterihus carinatis. 



Long. 15 1 lin. 



A species differing in essential points from all genera or groups 

 hitherto defined. It agrees best with the typical TcenioIobi,hut differs 

 in the blunt apices of the maxillae. Trom Haplotraehehis, Dgscherus, 

 &c., it differs in the form and dentation of the thorax. The antennae 

 are peciiliar also, in being of unusual length and stoutness, the ex- 

 terior joints being elongate and robust. The mentum is transverse- 

 quadrate, with the side lobes broad and truncated, and shorter than 

 the central tooth ; its surface is sprinkled with granules, and there are 



