INSECTA. 



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Scarabteus interstitialis , Boh. Pretoria. 



Sebasleos galenus, Westw. Pretoria. 



Gymnopleurus wahlbergi, Fahr. Pretoria. 



Gymnopleurus ccelatus, Wied. Pretoria. 



Gymnopleurus, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Coptorhina klugii, Hope. Pretoria. 



Heliocopris hamadryas, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Catharsius, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Copris fidius , Oliv. Pretoria. 



Copris contractus, Boh. Pretoria. 



Onitis caffer, Boh. Pretoria. 



Onitis, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Phalops flavocinctus, KJug. Pretoria. 



Onthophagus gazella, Fabr. Pretoria. 



Onthophagus, spp. ? Pretoria. 



Oniticellus militaris, Casteln. Pretoria. 



Aphodius lividus, Oliv. Pretoria. 



Aphodius, spp. ? Pretoria. 



Hybosorus arator, Illig. Pretoria. 



Bolboceras batesii, sp. n. Pretoria. 



7V0#, sp. ? Pretoria. 



Description. 



Bolboceras batesii, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 5.) 



Castaneous ; antennae ochraceous. Clypeus almost black^ very 

 thickly and coarsely punctate, with a short dentiform promi- 

 nence or tubercle at the centre of the anterior margin, a 

 similar tubercle on each lateral margin at its narrowing angle, 

 and two tubercles side by side, on the middle of the forehead ; 

 posterior margin of the head narrowly ochraceous. Thorax 

 moderately thickly punctate, with four obscure and obtuse 

 bosses on its anterior slope, its posterior angles strongly 

 rounded and prominent. Scutellum thickly and somewhat 

 finely punctate, its margins narrowly blackish. Elytra longitu- 

 dinally striate, the striations roughly punctate ; median suture 

 and extreme outer margin somewhat blackish. Legs beneath 

 and margins of body strongly and ochraceously hirsute, with a 

 prominent tuft at base of antennas. 

 Long. 13 millim., lat. 9J. 



