398 Transactions South African Philosopiiical Societi/. [vol. xii. 



Aphodius dubiosus, n. spec. 



Head and prothorax rufo-testaceous, with the sides of the former 

 broadly flavous ; elytra light testaceous or livid brown, and with the 

 suture and the posterior outer ixiargin infuscate or having occa- 

 sionally a discoidal infuscate band ; clypeus deeply emarginate and 

 with the angles of the emargination rounded, oblique laterally, genge 

 sub-obtusely triangular, the anterior part of the clypeus is impressed, 

 and in the centre of the head thei'e is a longitudinal tubercle and 

 a smaller one on each side near the eye, as well as a faint trans- 

 verse ridge, both the head and clypeus are moderately closely 

 punctured ; prothorax sub-parallel, oblique laterally towards the base 

 which is strongly sinuate on each side of the median part, but is not 

 distinctly marginate, it is moderately closely punctate laterally, but 

 is quite smooth on the disk ; scutellum moderately long, smooth ; 

 elytra crenato-striate, stria3 deep, darker than the intervals which 

 are moderately convex from a short distance from the base, im- 

 punctate, and reach the apex, the sixth and seventh striae reach 

 only to the median part of the humeral callus towards the base, and 

 are of nearly equal length, the eighth is obliterated for a distance 

 equal to about one-fifth of the length, and the ninth unites with the 

 marginal one under the humeral callus ; abdomen glabrous, meta- 

 sternum normal, anterior tibiae tri-dentate and with two somewhat 

 indistinct serrations above the digits ; antennae fiavescent. 



Length 6-7 mm. ; width 2f-3 mm. 



This species resembles A. intcrcalaris, but is distinguished i)y the 

 bi-serrate tibiae, the more deeply sunk striae, and the more plane 

 intervals which are impunctate, the colour of the elytra is more 

 livid, and the posterior part is infuscate, which is not the case in 

 A. intcrcalaris. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Kimberley, Carnarvon), Transvaal (Eusten- 

 burg, Johannesburg). 



Aphodius lividus, Oliv., 

 Entom., i., 3, p. 86, pi. xxvi., fig. 222. 

 A. linibatus, Wied., Germ. Mag., iv., p. 129. 



Testaceous, glabrous, shining, head fuscous with two slightly 

 rufescent patches, prothorax with a broad infuscate median patch ; 

 elytra with the suture and a discoidal band extending on five 

 intervals from near the base to the posterior rounded part, more or 

 less deeply fuscous ; head closely punctate, clypeus very slightly 



