1900.] Catalogue of the Coleoi)tera of So2Uh Africa. 413 



the carinir on the elytra ave not quite so sharp, especially on the 

 sides, hut all reach the apex, except the ninth, the punctures, which 

 till the geminate striae, are not so distinctly divided into two, the 

 anterior tibiic are crenulate above the digits, and there is a mode- 

 rately distinct, although very slight, arcuate impressed line between 

 the eyes. 



Length 4-1^ mm. ; widtli 2^ mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



ArHODius (? OxYOMUs) JUGALis, n. spec. 



Reddish brown, a little darker on the discoidal part of the pro- 

 thorax, glabrous ; clypeus much attenuated laterally from the genai 

 which are a little ampliate but oblique, to the apex which is also 

 rounded and is much narrower in proportion than any of the other 

 South African species of Aphodius ; the head is somewhat pune- 

 tulate, and there is a slight elevation in the centre of the head, and a 

 transverse, very slightly impressed line between the eyes ; prothorax 

 slightly narrower at apex than at base, not marginate -along the base, 

 nearly impunctate in the median part, and having some deep, some- 

 what scattered punctures on the sides ; scutellum faintly punctulate ; 

 elytra oblong, intervals impunctate, tectiform, sharply carinate from 

 the base to two-thirds of the length only, striae deep, apparently not 

 geminate, but deeply and closely punctate ; eighth and ninth stria^ 

 of equal length and obliterated towards the base at about one-fifth of 

 the length ; all the dorsal stria) reach the apex, and none are united 

 behind ; anterior tibia3 serrulate above the digitation. 



Length 4 mm. ; width 1^ mm. 



Hah. Natal (Durban). 



This species is a very good transition form between the Aphodius 

 with costate elytra and Oxyomus. It will be easily recognised by 

 the anterior margin of the clypeus. 



Aphodius (Oxyomus) puberulus, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffrar., ii., p. 360. 



Ferruginous red, seldom brick red, sub-opaque, very briefly pubes- 

 cent ; clypeus slightly emarginate in front, broadly rounded laterally, 

 gena3 ampliate, broadly rounded, basal angle in a line with the eye, 

 clypeus very slightly and narrowly impressed transversely with the 

 margin moderately reflexed, in the central part there is a slight, not 

 tubercula.te elevation, and a transverse, arcuate, impressed frontal 



