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108 Transiactions Soutli African PJiHo.soplLical Society, [vol. xii. 



Length 3-3i mm. ; width 2-2}. mm. 



This minute species which, owing to the two median teeth of the 

 clypeus ])eing very developed, looks a little like an Epiriniis, is 

 •distinguished from the very small examples of .S'. goryi, not only hy 

 the absence, or nearly so, of the lateral tooth of the clypeus, but also 

 by the posterior tibiae which are only very slightly serrulate. I have 

 seen two examples only. 



Hah. Natal (Durban). 



Tribe COPEINI. 



Intermediate and posterior tibiae robust and strongly dilated at 



apex, joints of the posterior legs attenuate gradually from base to 



apex ; fold of elytra not overhanging the sides of the abdomen ; 

 sexual characters strongly marked. 



Key to the Genera . 



A-. Second joint of labial palpi longer than the basal one, the 



apical one small, subulate, often hidden Onthophagides. 



B*. Elytra with eight strife and a lateral fold. 

 a-. AntenniE nine-jointed. 

 6\ Anterior tibiae without spur or tarsi. 



Tarsi of intermediate and posterior tarsi, moderately f Onitis. 

 long, not slender, scutellum absent or very small . . ( Neonitis. 



Tarsi of intermediate and posterior tarsi very long \ IL \ B^ 



and slender Tapeinoptcrns. 



b'^. Anterior tibiae with tarsi in the female only. 



Scutellum comparatively largo Chcironitis. 



a\ Antenuce eight-jointed. 



b'. Anterior tibiae with spur and tarsi in both sexes. 



Body depressed, very hairy, elytra imt distinctly ( Drcpanocenis. 

 striate '{ Tiniocclhts. 



B^. Elytra with seven striae and a lateral fold ; a scutellum. 

 C-. Labial palpi bi-jointed. 



Anterior tibite with a long, falcate mucro in the male Drcpanochini^ 



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Anterior tibiae truncate at tip, basal joint of posterior 



tarsi very long and slender Scapt 



'ocncviis. 



