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posterior part ; scutelluin with a few hardly discernihle punctures ; 

 elytra deeply punctato-striate, eighth stria obliterated in the anterior 

 part for one-third of the length, intervals smooth, impunctate ; 

 under side and legs densely pubescent ; anterior tibiae five- 

 dentate. 



Female unknown. 



Length 14 mm. ; width 9 mm. 



Hab. Damaraland. 



BOLBOCEEAS FOKTUITUM, n. SpeC, 



Plate XXXVI., fig. 23; Plate XXXIX., fig. 8. 



Testaceous red, shining ; head closely and roughly punctured, 

 clypeus sinuate laterally, truncate at apex, not dentate laterally at 

 base, on the posterior part of the head there is a short, transverse, 

 tri-dentate ridge, similar in both sexes ; prothoi^ax not strongly 

 sinuate at apex, and with the median part not recurved, there is 

 a moderately deep, somewhat rounded impression in the anterior 

 part of the disk extending from near the apex to about the median 

 part, and also a distinct transverse impression above the base ; at 

 the top of the anterior impression there is a faint trace of two ill- 

 defined, rounded tubercles, the impression is deeply and closely 

 punctured, the sides are very distinctly scrobiculate, but the upper 

 part of the impression and a broad transverse band above the basal 

 sulcus are smooth, the median longitudinal band in the posterior 

 part is not very distinct, and does not reach the base ; elytra 

 deeply punctato-striate, intervals smooth, impunctate, eighth stria 

 obliterated in the anterior part for one-third of the length ; 

 anterior tibiae five-dentate. 



Both sexes are alike. 



Length 12-12|- mm. ; width 7 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Lydenburg). 



BoLBOCERAS SPURiUM, n. spec, 

 Plate XXXVL, fig. 18; Plate XXXIX., fig. 5. 



Head and anterior part of prothorax dark, ferruginous, elytra brick- 

 red, shining, or entirely light brick-red ; head closely and roughly 

 punctured, labrum transverse, not emarginate, clypeus not sinuate 

 laterally, truncate at tip, in the anterior part and nearly equi-distant 



