Coleo'ptera from South Africa. 153 



P. marsliolli, n. sp. 

 Reddish-brown, shining, elytra thickly pubescent ; vertex of the 

 head nearly plane, posterior part ridged above the neck, and along 

 the outer sides ; penultimate joint of antennae quadrate, nearly as 

 large as the head, club broad, massive, inner margin carinate, with 

 a short, round basal spur not projecting much, outer margin broadly 

 hollowed with the edges bi-sinuate, acute at the apical part of the 

 hollow, and bearing on each side a dense tuft of long, yellowish 

 hairs, basal outer spur very broad and sub-quadrate ; prothorax 

 bi-partite, the anterior part compressed in a sharp ridge, slightly 

 emarginate in the centre and sub-aculeate laterally, the posterior 

 part hollowed anteriorlj', and with a ti-iangular longitudinal groove, 

 and the outer sides produced in a carina sinuate in the middle, sharp 

 in the anterior part, and with the posterior part forming a long 

 tooth standing at an angle with the base, both the points of the 

 lateral carina having a distinct tuft of hairs ; elytra short, sub- 

 parallel ; pygidium with short pubescence and having in the middle 

 three transverse rows of long and very thick bristles ; legs slender, 

 anterior femora not thickened. Length 5^, width 2| mm. 



Ilah. Natal (Frere). 



This species belongs to the group of P. laticollis, 

 P. penicillatus, and P. rugosus, liaffr., from Abyssinia, 

 and are distinguished by having thick stiff bristles on the 

 pygidium, as well as tufts of hairs on the apical part of 

 the edges of the hollowed outer margins of the antennae. 

 '1 he nearest ally of P. marshalli is P. penicillatus, but in 

 the antennal club of the former there is no longitudinal 

 impression whatever on the upper part along the inner 

 margin, nor is the scooped-out space distinctly impressed, 

 and the inner edge of the hollow is very deeply sinuate. 



Family SCARAB^IDJE. 



COPRIDES. 



Gen. Heliocopeis, Hope. 



H. selousi, n. sp. 



Black, moderately shining ; head plicate transversely ; prothorax 

 very rugose, sub-opaque ; elytra with four small tubercles at the 

 base of the intervals. In the ^ the head bears a short, compressed 

 horn, truncate at the tip or slightly sinuate, placed in the posterior 

 part of the clypeus ; median part of the head with a small ridge 



