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callus, and the eighth is a little shorter than the ninth which unites 

 with the marginal near -the fold of the shoulder ; anterior tibiae 

 strongly tri-dentate outwardly, and distinctly serrate above the outer 

 teeth. 



Length 4J mm. ; width "1 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Carnarvon), Mozambique (Tette, according 

 to Klug). 



This species will be easily distinguished by its dentate clypeus ; 

 the only other true xiphodi^is known to me in which this character 

 occurs is A. Jiirticeps, but although in this species the angles of the 

 incised clypeus are very sharp, they are not distinctly dentate as in 

 A. adust us. 



Aphodius hirticeps, n. spec. 



Plavescent, shining, elytra slightly transparent, anterior part of 

 the head clothed with dense erect hairs, posterior part of the head, 

 prothorax and elytra quite glabrous ; head very deeply pitted, 

 clypeus rounded laterally and very deeply incised at apex, the 

 incision being arcuate with the angles very sharp and projecting 

 laterally, the clypeus is divided by a slight incision from the apex 

 of the genas which are quite oblique, straight at base, and project 

 beyond the eye without being sharply angular, the head is simple, 

 and the transverse line between the eyes is fairly well defined ; 

 prothorax sub-parallel, very obliquely produced towards the base, 

 which is sinuate on each side of the median part and marginate in 

 the middle, it is covered with very closely set punctures, and has 

 no trace of infuscate patches ; scutellum short, triangular, impunc- 

 tate ; elytra deeply but narrowly striate and with the strite slightly 

 punctate ; the first five dorsal ones, and also the ninth, reach the 

 apex ; towards the base the sixth and seventh are interrupted near 

 the humeral callus, and the eighth and ninth are nearly of the 

 same length, the latter not uniting with the marginal one, intervals 

 slightly costate in the anterior part, and more so behind ; abdomen 

 very briefly pubescent ; anterior tibi<E strongly tri-dentate and crenu- 

 late above the outer teeth. 



This species, of which I have seen one female example only, is 

 easily distinguished by the semicircular clypeal incision, and the 

 very pubescent head. 



Length 3 mm. ; width Ij? mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Hope Town). 



