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the prothorax and of the elytra has a fringe of somewhat long cilix, 
and the pectus is only briefly pubescent; clypeus sub-truncate in 
the anterior part the median part of which is slightly emarginate, 
the clypeal carina is very sharp, arcuate, and behind it there is a 
straight impressed line, the basal carina is not very sharp, and the 
whole surface is covered with rugulose, closely set foveolate punc- 
tures filled with a conspicuously broad lanceolate flavescent-greyish 
scale; prothorax ampliate laterally at about the median part and 
a little more diagonally attenuate thence towards the apex than 
towards the base, serrate and covered with foveate punctures 
separated from each other by a space equal to half their diameter 
and filled with broad appressed scales like those on the prothorax, 
there is in the centre a faintly raised, smooth, short, longitudinal 
area, and in the female, and also in some very small male examples, 
there are occasionally faint, wavy, irregular, smooth, transverse 
bands; scutellum filled with foveate punctures; elytra moderately 
elongate, slightly ampliated laterally past the median part, covered 
with foveate punctures separated from each other by a space equal 
to their own diameter, and filled, like the head and prothorax, by a 
conspicuous scale; basal part of propygidium and the whole pygi- 
dium covered with deep punctures bearing each a very short seta ; 
penultimate abdominal segment not wider than the antepenul- 
timate, ultimate one narrow, not swollen; pectus clothed with scales 
laterally, abdominal segments each with three rows of squamose 
appressed hairs; anterior tibie tri-dentate, tarsi somewhat long, 
upper claw of the anterior ones longer than the lower, a little more 
slender and slightly emarginate underneath at the tip; basal joint 
of hind tarsi very little longer than the second, moderately clubbed 
at the tip ; legs with a few hairs and a few scales. 
In spite of its resemblance to S. idonea, this species is easily dis- 
tinguished by the scaly covering. The genital armature differs also 
considerably in shape. The female is slightly wider than the male 
across the posterior part of the elytra; the tarsi are of the same 
length as in the male. 
Length 74-13 mm. ; width 4}—74 mm. 
The type of S. liliputana, Brsk., is a very small example, probably 
a stunted form caused by a lack of food in its early stage. I have 
seen three similar examples from Frere, in Natal. In spite of their 
very small size, the genital armature does not in the least differ from 
that of the large examples. 
The range of this species is somewhat wide. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch), Natal (Frere, Durban, Um- 
voti), Ovampoland. 
