475 



1900.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcm of South Africa. 



centre than on the sides; scutelhun nan-ow '^y ^^^^ 

 elytra cyhndrical but slightly emarginate laterally below the shoulde 

 deeply punctato-striate, the eighth and ninth struB bemg of eq uU 

 length and ending at some distance from the base, whde only the 

 sutSral and outer stria, unite at the apex, and the seco.^ and e.gh h 

 nnite above the two above-mentioned ones ; anterior tibije quad - 

 dentate outwardly, but with the basal tooth very small , pectu 

 smooth in the centre, punctate laterally ; abdomen very deeply and 

 closely pitted and also briefly, yet densely, pubescent; pygidmm 

 smoo^/in the horizontal part which is compressed "Y^] 

 is very prominent, and with a row of setigerous punctures round the 

 edae in the male ; in the female the pygidium is punctulate, slightly 

 caSnate longitudinally in the middle, and being much less swollen 

 is more horizontal with the line of the abdomen, which is also not 

 transversely depressed ; legs smooth and reddish brown. 



Length 8-11 mm. ; width 2i-3i mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Stellenbosch, A\orcester). 



Chiron gravis, n. spec. 



Black, shining, tarsi and antennae, club included, piceous red ; 

 head rugosely and closely punctured and having in the n.ale no 

 transverse clypeal impression, but in the anterior part, which is 

 declivous, three median tubercles nearly eqm-distant, the two 

 outer being carinate longitudinally, the labrum is somewhat short 

 deeply and broadly incised and not dentate on each side of the 

 incision, the mandibles are not so greatly, developed nor as much 

 reflexed as in C. puncticollis ; prothorax nearly cylindrical but 

 with the posterior angles rounded; it is a little narrower at base 

 than at apex, marginate all round and covered with very fine and 

 very closely set punctures equally distributed all over; scutellum 

 long, very narrow, and with a not very distinct median series of 

 punctures ; elytra nearly cylindrical but slightly emarginate latemlly 

 below the shoulders, deeply crenato-striate and with the stride 

 disposed as in C. puncticollis ; metasternum smooth but granulate 

 laterally like the mesosternum ; abdomen hardly pubescent and 

 impunctate, pygidium short, sub-horizontal, not compressed, punctu- 

 late, and with a few setae disposed in a row on the upper margin and 

 two on each side of the apical part ; abdomen not sensibly depressed 

 transversely; anterior tibia, quadri-dentate, basal tooth very small. 



Female unknown. 



Length 10^ mm ; width 3i mm. 



