Decade of netc Cetoniidce. 201 



rotundato ; clytris piinctis oblongo-ovalibus cicati,ijcosis im- 

 pressis ; carina alternatim fulvo iiigroque variegata. 



Long. Corp. lin. 5|. 



Habitat cum prccedcnte. In Mus. riopeiano,()xonia3,&c. 



This species very closely agrees with N. rnaculipes. It 

 is, hoAAever, much less varied in its colouring, and has the 

 upper surface of the body more regular Avith the tuber- 

 cular prominences less visible. The clypeus of the male 

 is much narroAA'cd, recurved, fulvous and glossy. The 

 thorax agrees in shape Avith that of the preceding species, 

 the disc marked Avith A'ery fine ])arallel strigjB ; the elytra 

 are similar in form and sculpture to those of iV. macuUpes, 

 but less distinctly tubercular, and Avith the carinas less 

 sharply defined, the ordinai'y subapical tubercles are con- 

 colorous, each terminating in a point Avith a smaller point 

 on the outside of each, the spiraculiferous tubercle near 

 the extremity of the abdomen acute and the podex ob- 

 sciu*ely luteous, Avith a slight central longitudinal raised 

 line ; the body and legs beneath are fulvous-red, the 

 metasternum black in the middle and the four basal seg- 

 ments of the abdomen Avhite, except at the sides ; they 

 are but slightly impressed in the males. 



Scaptobius Parrianiis. (PL III. fig. 3.) 



Subelongatus et angustus, castaneo-piceizs, setis lutcis 

 breA'issimis indutus ; capite inter oculos carina brevi parum 

 elevata instructo ; pronoto punctato, in medio longitudi- 

 naliter imj^resso, et striolato, lateribus in medio subrotun-- 

 datis parum serratis, angulis posticis retroproductis; elytris 

 baud tuberculatis, singulo costis duabus punctatis distinctis 

 notato ; epimeris luteo setosis, tibiis anticis latis, fortiter 

 3-dentatis, tarsis 4-articulatis. 



Long. Corp. lin. 5 J. 



Habitat Transvaal. In ]\Ius. Parry. 



This species diifers from -S*. capensis, as Avell as from 

 S. pentartlirius and S. differ, in Avanting the tubercles 

 on the elytra. S. pentartlirius, moreover, has 5-jointed 

 tarsi, and S. coffer a very different shaped prothorax. 

 From S. acic^ilatus and JVatalensis it differs in its more 

 elongate and narrow form, Avith the costic of the elytra 

 more strongly marked, the anterior tibi;\3 much broader 

 and more strongly 3-dentate, the central impression of the 

 middle of the pronotum more distinct, the epimera luteo- 

 setose, and the head Avith a slight elongate tubercle 



