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obsoletissimc canaliculatus, sat creljre gvanulato-puncta- 

 tus, nigro-violiiceus, tciniis*;iine grisco-pubcscens, dorso 

 supra niarginem ajjicis protuberante, cariniila brcvi, ar- 

 cuata, tcrniinato. Elytra thorace baud latiora, scd fere 

 dimidio longiora, basi secundum ilium emarginata, apice 

 conjunctim obtuse rotundata, pone basin parum dilatnta, 

 su[)ra modice convexa, tenuiter striata, stria suturali j^ro- 

 iundiore, interstitiis subtilitcr, subseriatim, granulatis, ni- 

 gro-violacea, tenuissime griseo-pubescentia, macula liu- 

 merali, alia in medio baseos, ilia insigniore, fasciaque 

 apicis, ad latera iitrinque sinuatim dilatata, testaceis. Py- 

 gidium punctatum, ferrugineum, parce pubescens. Corpus 

 subtus convexum, nigrum, parce pubescens, pectore pro- 

 fundius, at minus crebre punctato, medio canaliculate. 

 Pedes ferruginei, parce pilosi, femorum pagina exteriore 

 distincte punctata, tibiis anticis serrulatis, 4-dentatis. 



Fiis. 



98G. Ontiiophagus piceus (Bun): fusco-castaneus, niti- 

 dus, pube tenuissima adspcrsus; capite subrotundato, 

 clypeo rcflexo-marginato, fronte carinata; thorace di- 

 stincte at minus crebre punctato, dorso antice trans- 

 versim subcalloso; elytris striatis, interstitiis disperse 

 punctatis; antennis pallidis. — Long. 5^ — C\, lat. 

 3^ — 4 milHm. 



Mas: vertice cornuto, thorace antice retuso. 



Femina: vertice transversim carinato, thoracis dorso in- 

 tra apicem minus distincte elevate. 



Habitat prope fluvium Limpopo. 



Caput transversim subovale, depressum, piceum, sub- 

 glabrum, clypeo rugoso, margine reflexo, integro, fronte 

 carina transversa, modice arcuata, elevata, plus minusve 

 distincta et pone illlam in mare cornu erecto, basi dila- 

 tato, dimidio capitis non longiore, in femina carina trans- 

 versa, brevissima, alte elevata, spatio interjacente vcrti- 



