1900.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of South Africa. 419 



ArHODius coNCOLOR, Har., 

 Berl. Entora. Zeitsclir., 1859, p. 215. 



" Piceous red, shining, sub-convex, elongate, liead sparingly 

 punctate, clypeus truncate in front with the angles obtuse, tuber- 

 culate at tip ; pi'othorax densely but not regularly punctate, not 

 marginate behind ; elytra a little ampliate towards the apex, crenato- 

 striate, intervals sub-convex, very finely punctulate ; palpi, antenna?, 

 and legs chestnut brown. . 



Length 5 lin. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope.' 



Aphodius dejeani, Har., 

 Berl. Entom. Zeitschr., 1862, p. 1G5. 



" Strongly convex and short, shining, black, elytra testaceous at 

 apex ; head not distinctly punctulate, transversely rugose in the 

 anterior part, frontal part tri-tuberculate, clypeus truncate at apex, 

 genae little prominent ; prothorax sprinkled with a few large punc- 

 tures, base marginate and sub-sinuate on each side ; scutellum 

 elongate, punctulate at base, deeply sulcate in the middle ; elytra 

 crenato-striate, posterior strige disappearing behind, intervals sub- 

 convex ; palpi and antennae reddish, club of the latter dark ; legs 

 piceous red. 



Length 4 lin. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope. 



Ammoecius teeminatus, Har., 

 Coleopt., Heft, v., 1869. 



" Somewhat elongate, shining, piceous black ; clypeus bi-dentate, 

 rufescent ; head roughly punctured, sharply carinate transversely in 

 front ; prothorax evenly and moderately densely x^tmctate ; elytra 

 slif^htly punctato-striate, with the intervals plane, but moderately 

 convex at apex, and having sub-seriate, scattered punctures. It 

 differs from A. Uujuhris, Bohem., by the more elongate facies, the 

 stronger punctuation of the head, the clypeal carina, which is 

 niore raised and not abbreviated, and the intervals of the elytra, 

 which are less convex at apex. 



Length 4^ mm. 



Hab. South Africa." 



