On Two new African Hispid Beetles. 569 
LXVII.—Two new African Hisjrd Beetles. 
By 8. Mavtix. 
THE two beetles described below belong to those groups of 
Hispinze which are characterized by tlie possession of at 
least one spine on the dorsal side of the first joint of the 
antenna. ‘lhe present species extend the genera JJono- 
chinus, Chap., and Phidodonta, Weise, into which they natu- 
rally fall, to the African region. 
Monochinus capensis, sp. uv. 
Body oblong, black ; prothorax opaque, elytra subnitid. 
Head broad, rugose, with a longitudinal median suleation ; 
eyes convex, with a row of silvery hairs round them. The 
autenne hardly pass beyond the prothorax, the first joint the 
largest, the second small and rounded, the third to sixth 
gradually decreasing in size ; the five apical joints forming 
a thickened and elongate club covered with brown pubes- 
cence, the six basal joints granulate and sparsely covered 
with whitish scale-like hairs. Prothorax broader than long, 
the sides rounded, armed with three spines, the anterior two 
having a common base, the posterior one situated at some 
distance from it, the front margin with two pairs of erect 
spines. The disc is rugose, sparsely covered with silvery 
hairs, and with a longitudinal impression along the middle ; 
of the two transverse shallow depressions the posterior one is 
more marked than the anterior one. Scutellwm with the apex 
rounded and surface granulate. lytra broader at the base 
than the prothorax, punctate-striate, the punctures being 
large and deep. The surface is more shining than that of 
the prothorax; on each elytron there are three irregular 
series of spines, about thirty-five in number, including those 
on the humerus ; there is a series of about twenty-one spines 
along the margin all round from the base to the sutural 
angle, those at the apex being stronger and larger. Legs: 
the front tibizw are short and broadly emarginate at the apex, 
with brownish bristly hairs on the underside, the mid-tibize 
eurved, the hind tibize similar to the front ones. Claws 
single. 
Length 5 mm. 
Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain (type-locality) ; 
Howick, Natal (J. P. George). 
Type in the British Museum. 
Described from four examples, 
Ann. & Mag. N. Mist. Ser. 9. Vol, ix. a7 
