404 Transactions South African Pliiloiopliical Society, [vol. xii. 



glabrous, metasternum normal ; anterior tibiae strongly tri-dentate 

 outwardly and with fine serrate teeth. 



Length llf-12 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Constantia, Stellenbosch, 

 Worcester, Graham's Town). 



Aphodius PEODUCTus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., li., p. 329. 



Black or deep fuscous, and with the edge of the clypeus and 

 a narrow lateral band on the pi'othorax occasionally rufescent ; 

 elytra testaceous, with the posterior' part of the suture and of the 

 outer margin infuscate ; head closely punctate, clypeus not deepl}^ 

 emarginate and with the anterior angles somewhat pronounced and 

 a little reflexed, very oblique laterally, gense triangular and pro- 

 jecting, the anterior part of the clypeus is impressed, although not 

 deeply, in the median part of the head there is a distinct elevation, 

 and beyond it three somewhat distinct tubercles, disposed trans- 

 versely between the eyes ; prothorax sub-parallel, and scarcely oblique 

 laterally towards the basal part which is slightly marginate, and not 

 deeply sinuate on each side, the whole surface is equally covered 

 with closely set, deep punctures ; scutellum somewhat short, deeply 

 punctate except at apex ; elytra moderately deeply punctato-striate 

 with the intervals plane and finely and sparingly aciculate, the 

 outer stria reaches the suture, the other strioe reach nearly the apex 

 except the fourth and sixth which unite behind under the fifth, while 

 towards the base the sixth and the seventh reach only as far as the 

 apical part of the humeral callus, and the eighth is obliterated at 

 a comparatively very short distance from the base, while the ninth, 

 which is slightly longer, unites with the outer one below the shoulder 

 which is not very pronounced ; legs piceous red, abdomen moderately 

 pubescent ; anterior tibia? sharply tri-dentate and pluri-serrate above 

 the outer teeth. 



Length 6-8 mm. ; width 3-3^ mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Woi'cester, 

 Malmesbury, Uitenhage, Graham's Town), Natal (Estcourt). 



Aphodius amabilis, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 333. 



Resembles closely A. productus, but it is smaller. The head 

 and prothorax are fuscous or piceous red with ,the lateral part of 



