352 Transactions South African Philosophiccd Society, [vol. xii. 



Hal). British Bechuanaland (Kanye). 



Allied to C. iniseUus, but differs in the deeper sculpture of the head 

 and prothorax which are scabrose and scrobiculate, and only deeply 

 punctured in the median dorsal part of the prothorax, which cannot 

 be said to be lobate even in the greatest development known to me. 



CoPRis CONTBACTUS, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 236. 



C. obesus, Boh., loc. cit., p. 237. 



The description of C. orio)i applies very well to this species 

 which is, however, usually a little more robust, but the shape of 

 the head, prothorax, and elytra is quite similar; it is, however, 

 distinguished by the cephahc horn which, although long, is nearly 

 vertical and not curved, the whole head is roughly and deeply punc- 

 tate, the whole of the prothorax is deeply and closely punctured, 

 even in the lateral cavities, the striaB of the elytra are also deeply 

 punctate, but the intervals are very distinctly although not deeply 

 or closely punctate, and lastly the apical spur of the anterior tibiae is 

 strongly curved inwardly at tip. The female also resembles that of 

 C. orion, but there is no trace of the smooth or nearly smooth space 

 in the posterior part of the disk, and the punctures on the head and 

 prothorax are deeper ; the intervals of the elytra are punctulate as in 

 the male. 



Length 16-19 mm. ; width 9-11 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Uitenhage, Graham's Town, Humansdorp, 

 East London), Transvaal (Boksburg), Southern Ehodesia 

 (Enkeldoorn , Buluway o) . 



I believe that this species is the C. empedoclcs of Dejean's Cata- 

 loo-ue. It was labelled as such in Drege's collection. It will be 

 easily distinguished from C. amyntor, with which it has in common 

 the apical spur of tibiae inwardly turned, by the deeply emarginate 

 median prothoracic lobe, and the distinctly punctate striae. 



COPRIS PERTUKBATOR, 11. SpeC. 



Black or reddish brown, shining. 



Male : Clypeus not much rounded in front and not emarginate 

 or incised in the centre, head thickly punctured, edges of the 

 clypeus and genae sub-foveolate, in the centre of the head there is 

 a short, compressed triangular smooth tooth 2 mm. high ; prothorax 

 with a dorsal ridge not sufficiently raised to be lobate, slightly 



