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longation of the lateral ones ; the whole surface unequally and 

 closely punctate, the punctures large and intermixed with minute 

 ones, smooth longitudinally in the centre ; scutellum moderately 

 minute, triangular ; elytra a little broader than the prothorax, finely 

 striate, the striae punctulate and reaching the apex, the intervals 

 plane from the base to the apex, distinctly punctulate ; tibiae of the 

 first pair tri-dentate outwardly, and having two or four small teeth 

 above the upper tooth, intermediate and posterior with the apical 

 margin briefly setose. 



Length 5f mm. 



Hab. Great Namaqualand (Kubub)." 



Aphodius (Bodilus) damarinus, Kolb., 

 Loc. cit., p. 127. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, smaller, coloured in 

 the same manner, legs testaceous with the tibiae more or less 

 obscure ; frontal part tri-tuberculate, the two tubercles smaller than 

 the median one ; clypeus little reflexed, sub-levigate, finely closely 

 punctulate, the margin sub-sinuate in the centre, lateral margin 

 forming on each side a sinuation with the genae ; prothorax less 

 copiously punctate, the posterior margin is more fully costulate ; 

 elytra striate in the same manner, but the intervals are more finely, 

 almost indistinctly punctulate. 



Length 4-4J mm. 



Hab. Damaraland (Otjimbingwe). 



Aphodius (Oeodalus) xama, Kolb., 

 Loc. cit., p. 126. 

 " Small, black, somewhat robust, moderately elongated and some- 

 what convex, black on the upper side with the palpi black fuscous ; 

 antennas ferruginous, the club opaque black ; prothorax with an 

 obscurely red-chestnut macule, posterior margin of elytra of the 

 same colour, femora sub-ornate with chestnut, tarsi ferruginous ; 

 clypeus rugulose, opaque behind, slightly sinuate on the centre in 

 front, rounded on each side ; frontal part transversely sub-carinate, 

 the carina slightly raised on each side, tuberculate in the middle, the 

 posterior frontal part punctulate and smooth in turn ; scutellum 

 little impressed, not punctate, parallel in front ; prothorax as broad 

 as the elytra, sparingly and dispersedly deeply punctate, but with 

 the punctures sparingly interspersed with minute punctures, pos- 

 terior margin entirely costulate, the costule being continued from 

 the lateral margins, posterior angles rounded ; elytra finely striate, 



