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towards the base which is only very shghtly carinate and sub-sinuate 

 on each side of the median part, it is very little convex, and deeply 

 and fairly closely punctured, except in the median part which is 

 quite impunctate ; scutellum moderately long, but more ogival than 

 lanceolate, impunctate ; elytra oblong, convex, distinctly punctato- 

 striate with the intervals convex and impunctate, the seventh stria 

 does not reach quite the base, the eighth is obliterated for about 

 one-sixth of the length, and the ninth, which is a little longer than 

 the eighth, unites with the' marginal one ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate, 

 teeth strong, but not very long ; under side normal. 



Length 6 mm, ; width 1h mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Johannesburg). 



Aphodius granulatus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 342. 



Pale brown, a little infuscate in the median part of the prothorax and 

 elytra, sides somewhat testaceous, opaque, densely but very briefly 

 pubescent; clypeus broadly but not deeply emarginate in front, 

 sides obliquely attenuate from the apex of the distinct triangle 

 formed by the gense, the anterior part of the clypeus is slightly 

 impressed, and between this impression and the transverse frontal 

 carina there is a slight longitudinal elevation which is not tuber- 

 culate, the whole surface is covered with contiguous, deep punc- 

 tures ; prothorax a little attenuate laterally from the median to the 

 apical part, and sub-parallel from the middle to the base which is 

 marginate, it is very Httle convex, and covered with contiguous, 

 shghtly scabrose punctures ; scutellum moderately long, punctate ;. 

 elytra oblong, striae shallow, geminate, hardly punctate, intervals 

 filled with contiguous scabrose punctures, sixth and seventh striae 

 reaching only the humeral callus, eighth reaching very far up towards 

 the base, ninth connected with the marginal one almost at the base ; 

 abdomen clothed wnth a long pubescence, pectus normal ; anterior 

 tibise tri-dentate, teeth strong, very long ; antennae fiavous. 



Length 7-7| mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Worcester, Beaufort West). 



Aphodius consimilis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 341. 



Pale, fiavous, shining, nearly glabrous, with the basal part of the 

 head and the median part of the prothorax more or less deeply 



