1900.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of South Africa. 383 



angle above the eye, the head is impimctate, without trace of 

 carina or impressed hne, and the clypeus is very shghtly emargi- 

 nate ; prothorax nearly parallel laterally, moderately convex, 

 not marginate along the base, which is slightly sinuate on each 

 side, and the whole sm-face is impunctate ; scutellum impunc- 

 tate, moderately long ; elytra oblong, distinctly striato-punctate 

 with the intervals impunctate and somewhat convex, the sixth 

 and seventh strijB reach only to the humeral callus, the eighth 

 becomes obliterated towards the base for about one-sixth of the 

 length, but the ninth reaches the basal part ; abdomen pubescent, 

 metasternum grooved longitudinally; anterior tibiae strongly tri- 

 dentate. 



Length 11 mm. ; width 5 mm 



Hab. South Africa. Exact locality unknown. 



Aphodius iridescexs, n. spec. 



Very light, somewhat flavescent bronze, glabrous, with the head, 

 the prothorax except the moderately broad marginal band, a 

 transverse, slightly diagonal, basal band on the elytra, and a less 

 defined one in the posterior part on each side, and also the sutural 

 part, greenish blue, iridescent ; under, side glabrous and darker 

 bronze, palpi and antennas somewhat rufescent ; head triangular, 

 owing to the clypeus being much attenuated latei'ally, nearly in a line 

 with the genae which do not project much and are nearly straight, 

 and somewhat narrower at the truncate, slightly sinuate apical part 

 which is also very slightly impressed in the middle, there is only 

 an inter-ocular carina broadly interrupted in the centre, and the 

 whole head is very closely aciculate ; prothorax a little narrower in 

 the anterior than in the posterior part, but w^ith the sides nearly 

 straight, not marginate along the base, and not very closely punc- 

 tate ; scutellum a little constricted at base and broradly and sharply 

 triangular from a short distance from the base ; elytra oblong, finely 

 but somewhat deeply striate, strite not distinctly punctate, and not 

 reaching quite the apex, eighth stria obliterated for about one-third 

 of the length, marginal stria obliterated or hardly sulcate in the 

 posterior part ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate. 



Length 8 mm. ; width 3f mm. 



This species is easily distinguished from the other South African 

 ones by its metallic tinge. 



Hab. Natal (Isipingo). 



