244 MK. G. A. K. MAESHALL OX THE [Mar. 20, 



sickle-sliapecl processes ; in the 5 the sides are subparallel basally 

 and the gense are only moderately and roundly dilated ; upper 

 surface impressed, tricaiinate, the outer carinfe parallel from base 

 to beyond middle, thence widely diverging, an additional short 

 curved carina in front of eyes ; punctuation and scaling as on the 

 head, the central carina bare. Ardennce comparatively long and 

 slender, piceous, with fine grey pubescence ; scape clavate, slightly 

 compressed and distinctly curved ; first joint of funicle about 

 as long as third, the subterminal joints elongate. Frotliorax 

 moderately transverse, base gently bisinuate, sides not much 

 rounded, broadest before middle, with a shallow constriction near 

 apex, which is truncate and narrower than the base ; upper sur- 

 face convex, with scattered rounded granules, except along a 

 broad central space which is almost smooth, punctured and slightly 

 elevated, being more prominent in the § than in the J; a rounded 

 impression on each side near base ; colour piceous, the granules 

 and the central ridge (in the $ ) bare, the interstices with grey 

 scaling. Elytra subtru,ncate at base, ovate, more acuminate apically 

 in the S , so that the sides appear more rounded than in the $ , 

 broadest well before middle ; upper sui-face convex, with broad 

 strise containing shallow rugose punctuation, the intervals convex, 

 more or less distinctly gTanulate, often subrugose ; colour piceous, 

 with uniform grey scaling, the intervals posteriorly with rows of 

 small grey squamiform setse. Legs piceous or ferrugineous, with 

 the knees black, and with fine grey scaling ; all the femora more 

 strongly clavate in the ^ than in the $ , and the tibife more 

 strongly curved, especially the anterior pairs. 



Type, S in the British Museum, 5 in the Oxford Museum. 



Natal: Durban (E. W. Bell-Marley), Pinetown [coll. 

 G. A. K. M.], Maritzburg [S.A. Mus.], Howick (C. I^^. Barker). 



Allied to granos^is Fahr., but with much narrower elytra, the 

 obliquity of the shoulders being most noticeable in the S ; the 

 sides of the prothorax are also much less strongly rounded and 

 the lateral impressions deeper; in per-fect specimens there is a 

 small round whitish spot at the base of each el}i;ron. 



3. SciOBius ciNEREUs, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII. fig. 3.) 



Long. 9|-10|, lat. 5-6 mm. 



Head transverse, with coarse shallow punctuation which is 

 hidden by dense grey scaling ; forehead with a central impression 

 and with a slightly raised fold above the eyes, which are prominent. 

 Rostrum rather longer than broad, sides pai-allel to beyond middle ; 

 gense sharply and laterally produced in both sexes, but more 

 prominent in the (S ; upper surface shallowly impressed, tri- 

 carinate, the outer carinas with a strong outAvard curve towards 

 apex ; punctuation rugose, hxxt the whole surface covered with 

 dense scaling except the central carina. Antennce moderately long 

 and thick, piceous, with dense grey pubescence ; scape siib- 

 cylindrical, evenly curved and gradually clavate; funicle with the 

 first joint equal to the third, the subterminal joints comparatively 



