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LXVII. — Two new A/riocn llixpul Beetles. 

 By S. Maulik. 



The two bei'tlos (.Inscribed below beloii;^ to those groups of 

 Jli.spiiiiu wliicli are cliiuacteiized by the possession of at 

 least one spino ou tlic dorsal side of the first joint of the 

 antennaj. The pvfsent species extend the genera Mouo- 

 cJiinus, Ciiap., and P/ildodonta, Weise, into which they natu- 

 rally tall, to the Aliican region. 



MunocJiinus capensii:, sp. n. 



Dndy oblong, bhick ; prothoi'ax opacjue, elytra subiiitid. 



Head broad, rugose, with a longitudinal median sulcalion ; 

 eyes convex, with a row of silvery hairs round them. The 

 antennee 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. F vothorax broatler 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 anteiior one. Scatellum with the apex 

 rounded and surface granulate. Elytra broader at the base 

 than the prothorax, punclate-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 tibiie are short and broadly emarginate at the apex, 

 with brownish bristly haiis on the underside, the mid-tibiie 

 curved, the hind tibia3 similar to the front ones. Claws 

 single. 



Length 5 mm. 



Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain (typc-localit\ ) ; 

 llowiek. Natal (J. F. George). 



Tyi)e in the Biitish Museum. 



Described from four examples. 

 Anil. tO Mag. iV^ Jlisf. iSer. 9. \'ol, ix, 37 



