Coleoptera from SoutJi Africa. ' 181 



Gen. Sternotomis, Perch. 



S. mozamhica, n. sp. 



Black, covered with a thick ochraceous tomentum ; mandibles 

 massive, with two small rounded tubercles on the outer basal part 

 in the ^ ; anterior part of the head finely granulate, apical part 

 of the vertex with a semicircular impression followed by a longi- 

 tudinal median line, eyes large : prothorax transverse, with the 

 median part of the outersides aculeate, bi-impressed ti-ansversely 

 at apex and base, median part of the disk also with a transverse 

 impression, slightly sinuate in the middle, in front and behind ; 

 elytra sub-cuneiform, broader at the base than the prothorax, and 

 with the shoulders projecting a little, but rounded and not tuber- 

 culpted, gradually attenuate behind, set with moderately close 

 granules at the base, and irregularly punctured ; intercoxal process 

 of the prosternum hollowed, narrowed and rounded in front ; 

 antennae twice the length of the body in the ^ , finely granulose and 

 pubescent. Length 27, width 10 mm. 



Hah. Mozambique (Rikatla). 



TiMORETicus, n. gen. 



Head, eyes, labrum and palpi of Zo///'o^>^».s', Cast.; antennae of equal 

 length in both sexes, with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th joints much thicker 

 than the others ; prothorax short, with a conical lateral tubercle ; 

 elytra sub- cylindrical, with the humeral angles well developed; inter- 

 coxal part of the mesosternum without any projection, that of the 

 metasternum sub-aculeate and hardly projecting ; legs as in Zo- 

 f/raphus. 



Allied to Zographus, but easily distinguished from it in 

 having antennee of equal length in both sexes, and the 

 3rd, 4th and 5th joints much thicker than the others ; 

 the prothorax is less hexagonal, the metasternal projection 

 is differently shaped, and the elytra are more cylindrical. 



T. armatice^'^v , n. sp. 



Chocolate-brown, very finely and thickly pubescent ; frontal 

 part of the head with a very narrow median ridge, (J with a long, 

 flat, sub-vertical median lamina excavate in the centre, vei'tex with 

 a semicircular groove, followed by a longitudinal median one ; 

 prothorax one-third broader than long, with the median part of the 

 outersides produced in a sharp tubercle, deeply impressed trans- 

 versely in front and behind, and with tbe intermediate part some- 



