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Aphodius timidus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Catfr., ii., p. 3-A5. 



Head infuscate with the outer margins of clypeus often piceous 

 red, prothorax very hroadly infuscate and with a narrow lateral 

 flavescent band, scutellum fuscous, elytra flavous with a narrow 

 sutural band, or slightly infuscate laterally ; head very closely 

 punctured, broadly but not deeply emarginate at tip, and with the 

 angles somewhat acute, oblique laterally, and with the margins 

 recurved, gense sharply triangular and somewhat prominent, the 

 anterior part of the clypeus is depressed, in the median part there is 

 a slight elevation and above that three sub-basal tubercles trans- 

 versely disposed, the median one of which is not much more raised 

 than the other two ; prothorax a little attenuate laterally in the 

 anterior part, marginate along the base which is not sensibly sinuate 

 on each side, deeply and closely punctured laterally, and also, but 

 less densely, in the median part of the disk ; scutellum fuscous, 

 moderately long, slightly impressed longitudinally in the centre ; 

 elytra a little ampliate laterally from one-third of the length, finely 

 striate, the striae moderately deeply punctate, and not reaching quite 

 the apex, intervals plane, even in the posterior part, and impunctate 

 except laterally, where they are feebly aciculate, sixth and seventh 

 intervals reaching to nearly the base, eighth interrupted for about 

 one-fifth of the length, ninth united with the marginal one below the 

 shoulder ; under side normal, abdomen nearly glabrous ; anterior 

 tibiae tri-dentate and with two serrate teeth above the digits. 



Length 5-6 mm. ; width 2^-2|- mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Graham's Town, Uitenhage), Natal (Est- 

 court). Boheman's description does not quite agree with the type 

 examined by me. 



Aphodius discoidalis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., ii., p. 346. 



Head infuscate with the clypeus rufescent, prothorax either 

 piceous red with a narrow sub-flavescent outer and basal margin, or 

 nearly entirely piceous red, elytra pale testaceous with the suture 

 and a marginal band fuscous ; head punctulate, clypeus deeply 

 emarginate at tip and with the angles of the emargination broadly 

 rounded, moderately oblique laterally and with the margins slightly 

 recurved, gense somewhat sharply triangular but not very promi- 

 nent, the clypeus is slightly depressed in the anterior part, in the 

 median part of the head there is a slight longitudinal elevation, and 



