1900.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of Sonili Africa. 415 



ninth do not i-eacli (]uite the base ; abdomen densely l)ut extremely 

 briefly pubescent ; anterior tibia3 moderately strongly tri-dentate out- 

 wardly, and simple above the outer teeth. 



Length 6-6i nnn. ; width 2i-3 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Paarl, "Worcester, Ceres, 

 Somerset East), Natal (Maritzburg, Durban, Frere). 



(Species which I have not seen or been able to identify with 



certainty.) 



Aphodius cruentus. King, 



Monatsb. Berl. Acad., 1855, p. 656 ; Peters' Eeis., pp. 245, pi. xiv., 



fig. 10. 



" Fuscous black, shining ; head and prothorax smooth ; elytra 

 striate and blood-red at apex and base. 



Length 2 lin. 



Like Aphodius coiuiexus, but somewhat larger, and relatively 

 broader ; dark brown, the elytra almost black. The head and pro- 

 thorax are smooth and unarmed, the sides of the latter are bi'ownish ; 

 elytra finely striate, scarcely punctured in the intervals, red brown 

 at the base, and having a large spot of the same colour at the apex ; 

 under side yellowish brown, legs black, f-emora yellowish. One 

 example from Tette." 



Hah. Mozambique. 



Aphodius circumdatus, Klug, 

 Loc. cit., p. 656 ; loc. cit., p. 246, pi. xiv., tig. 11. 



" Oblong, testaceous ; prothorax and elytra chestnut brown above, 

 sides broadly fulvous. 



Length 5 lin. 



A few examples from Sena. Shaped like A. rufipes, and belonging 

 to the Section S of Erichson's grouping. Under side pale brownish 

 yellow, the upper side is darker and more shining. The head is 

 feebly punctured, brownish in front and behind, the clypeus is 

 feebly emarginate, the frontal part somewhat raised in the middle, 

 and there is a scarcely raised, brown transverse line between the 

 eyes ; prothorax very feebly punctured, almost smooth, brown with 

 a broad, dark yellow border on each side. The elytra are striate, 

 the striae punctate, the intervals smooth. They are brown, but the 

 yellow border of the prothorax is continued upon them right to the 



