1900.] Catalogue of the Colcoptera of South Africa. 237 



and prothovax, elytra dark hrown or violaceous, and opaque; palpi 

 and antennae yellow; gensc triangular, clypeus rounded laterally, 

 deeply and broadly eniarginate and with the angles of the eniargina- 

 tion triangular and slightly reflexed, the head is roughly, although 

 not very deeply, punctured, sub-granulose behind, and a little past 

 the centre of the vertex there is a transverse carina moderately 

 raised and occupying half the width in the male, while in the 

 female this carina, which is similar in height and length to that 

 of the male, is more arcuate ; prothorax convex, ampliate, rounded 

 laterally, and very deeply emarginate near the base, it is marginate 

 in front and laterally but not along the base which is slightly aculeate 

 in the middle, has a deep, triangular median posterior sulcus reaching 

 from about the median part of the disk to the base, is covered with 

 very closely set elongate granules, and is briefly but densely pubes- 

 cent ; elytra convex, ampliate, geminato-striate, striffi shallow, not 

 distinctly punctate, intervals filled with briefly setigerous, slightly 

 elongate granules, irregularly tri-seriate in the anterior part, and 

 more regularly bi-seriate in the posterior except on the third interval 

 which is a little narrower than the second, humeral callus distinct ; 

 pygidium closely scabroso-punctate ; metasternum deeply and closely 

 punctured, median line distinct near the base ; anterior tibijfi non- 

 spinose in the inner apical part in the male, apical spur long, curving 

 outwardly in the male, and a little more slender and straighter in 

 the female. 



Length 5^-6 mm. ; width 3^ mm. 



Hah. Bechuanaland. 



Onthophagus coptobhinodes, n. spec. 

 Female: Black, very shining, and extremely briefly pubescent; 

 edge of clypeus and legs piceous red; head roughly punctate in 

 front, genffi very projecting and broadly triangular at middle, 

 clypeus quite diagonal laterally and very deeply and broadly in- 

 cised in the middle, with the angles broadly triangular, there is a 

 frontal arcuate carina, but none on the vertex or at the base ; pro- 

 thorax convex, straight or very little rounded laterally, marginate 

 all round, but less distinctly along the base which is rounded ; there 

 is no median posterior impressed line, and it is covered with deep, 

 not closely set punctures ; elytra somewhat convex, ampliate, very 

 narrowly geminato-striate, striae not closely punctulate, intervals 

 plane, except the first three which are a little raised, they have 

 each two rows of regular, briefly setigerous punctures set at some 

 distance from each other, second interval not wider than the thu'd, 



