from MasJionaland and East Africa. 97 



siderably darker tliaii the rest of tlie body. The sliort bristles 

 with which the surface is covered are so fine as to be only 

 visible under a lens. 



Nearly a dozen specimens have been sent to us by 

 Mr. Marsiiall. 



AsthenopIioHs suhfasciatus^ Blanch. — A specimen of this 

 insect from Grahamstown has been sent by Mr. Marshall. 

 The species was assi;;ned to Ancylonycha by its author, but 

 has hitlu rto been inchided in the genus Hoplochelus, to which 

 it was assigned by Burmeister. Herr Kolbe, in his classifi- 

 catiou of African Melolonthicire, has included a genus under 

 the name of Iloplochelus, but without mentioning from what 

 species his characters were drawn. They do not apply to 

 the true Hop/ochelus, but appear to me to apply to the Asthe- 

 nopholis of Brenske, the type of w-hich, A. transvaalensis^ 

 Brenske, I believe to be Ancylonydia adspersa, Bohem,, 

 also referred by Geniminger and Harold's Catalogue to 

 Iloplochelus. To this species A. suhfasciatus^ Blanch., is 

 closely related. 



The true Hoplochelus [rhizotrogoides, Blanch.) is a Mada- 

 gascar! insect, which Lacordaire was unable to distinguish 

 from Rkizotrogus. It appears, however, to be related to 

 Einpecta pUigtra^ Blanch., which, as Herr Brenske has 

 pointed out to me, is the Hoplochelus obesus, Burm. The 

 genus should, I think, be retained for the present, the claws 

 being much more slender than those of Empecia and having 

 the tooth placed very obliquely near the apex. 



Asthenopho/is minor, Brenske. — Mr. Marshall has also sent 

 specimens of this from Malvern, Natal. By Herr Brenske's 

 kindness I have been able to make sure of my determination 

 both of this species and A. transvaalensis, specimens of 

 which 1 have seen from Natal, by comparison with the types. 



AsthenophoUs crassus, sp. n. 



Forma A. transvaalensis, sed crassior, nitidior, setis aut squamis 

 majoribua vestitus. Niger, tlavo-vestitus, capita grosse rugoso- 

 punctato, clypeo lato, parce setoso, utrinque arcuato, medio paulo 

 emarginato, fronte setis et pilis intermixtis llavis vestita ; pro- 

 thorace valde convexo, crebre rugoso-punctato et squamoso, 

 squamis ovalibus flavis, lateribus paulo crenulatis, longe pilosis, 

 medio valde angulatis, augulis anticis fere productis, posticis 

 obtusis, margiue postico medio late lobato ; scutello polito, nudo ; 

 elytris politis, vage costatis, baud crebre punctatis et tiavo-setosis, 

 lateraliter ab humero ad medium impunctatis, nudis, lateribus 



