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moderately long, distinctly punctured, and with the edges infuscate ; 

 elytra oblong, a little ampliate from one-third of the length, narrowly 

 but deeply striate, the striae deeply punctate and usually a little 

 darker than the background, intervals plane and not very convex 

 in the posterior part, impunctate on the disk but vaguely aciculate 

 on the sixth, seventh, and eighth, sixth stria sinuose near the base, 

 and nearly uniting with the seventh at a short distance from it, 

 eighth interrupted from the base at a distance corresponding to one- 

 fifth of the length, ninth coalescing with the marginal one under 

 the humeral callus ; median impression of the metasternum deep ; 

 abdomen pubescent ; anterior tibite tri-dentate outwardly. 



Length 8 mm. ; width 3| mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl; Worcester,. 

 Malmesbury). 



Aphodius kussatus, Erichs., 

 Doubl. Verz. Seneg. Ins., 1842, p. 7. 

 A. posticus, Fahr., Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 347. 



Brick-red, shining, glabrous ; head closely but not deeply 

 punctate and having in the median part a sharp, very distinct 

 elongate tubercle, and a smaller and transverse one on each side at 

 the junction with the gense, clypeus deeply emarginate in front, 

 gense triangular, not projecting ; prothorax convex, a Httle attenuate 

 laterally in front, a little ampliate towai-ds the median part, and 

 obliquely sinuate towards the base which is not marginate, and is 

 distinctly sinuate on each side, the median part of the disk is a 

 little darker than the sides, and the whole surface has numerous 

 very deep punctures somewhat scattered ; scutellum punctulate ; 

 elytra oblong, slightly ampliate laterally from about •one-fourth of 

 the length, crenato-striate with the intervals distinctly convex and 

 impunctate, sixth and seventh striae reaching only to the median 

 part of the humeral callus, eighth obliterated at a distance from the 

 base corresponding to about one-fifth of the length, ninth very little 

 longer than the eighth and uniting with the marginal one ; meta- 

 sternum normal ; abdomen hardly pubescent ; anterior tibias strongly 

 tri-dentate. 



My examples have no trace of the infuscation on the outer margin 

 mentioned by Fahroeus in his description. 



In the female the cephalic tubercules are slightly less prominent 

 than in the male. 



Length Q-Qh mm. ; width 3 mm. 



