254 MR, G. A. K. MARSHALL OIS^ THE [Mar. 20, 



pubescence, which is denser and yellowish laterally. Elytra ovate 

 in the S , broadly ovate in 2 ' gently sinuate at base, sides 

 evidently rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface depressed, 

 with deep granulated stiise, the intervals slightly convex, coria- 

 ceous and with rows of small much depressed granules, which are 

 more evident on the declivity ; colour piceous, with very fine grey 

 pubescence, which is a little more dense aj)ically and laterally, and 

 also forms a denser transverse band across the summit of the 

 declivity. Legs elongate and rather stout, piceous, and with 

 fairly dense grey pubescence ; anterior tibiaa distinctly com.- 

 pressed in both sexes, strongly curved near apex in c? , slightly so 

 in $ . 



Type, $ in the British Museum, c? in the South-African 

 Museum. 



Natal: Ifafa Mouth {G. A^. Barker). Pondolais-d : Port St. 

 John's. 



*14. SCIOBIUS LATERALIS Boh. 



S. lateralis Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 201 (1843). 



" As long as Sciobius poj^cattts, but half as wide again, with the 

 elyti'a less convex. 



" Head short and broad, slightly conA^ex above, longitudinally 

 rugulose, black, sparsely clothed with greenish-grey scales, sepa- 

 I'ated from rostrum by a deep arcuate impression ; eyes rounded, 

 black, moderately prominent. Rostrum scarcely narrower and a 

 little longer than head, stout, poixect, almost plane above, tricari- 

 nate, obsoletely ruguloso-punctate, with grey scaling. Antennce 

 long, black, with sparse grey pubescence ; scape reaching beyond 

 the apex of the thorax, compi-essed, somewhat arcuate in the 

 middle ; f unicle elongate, very slender, the club oblong, narrow 

 and acuminate. Thorax broad, very shoi't, truncate at base and 

 apex, narrower anteriorly, the sides roundly ampliated ; upper 

 surface moderately convex, closely tuberculate throughout, with a 

 longitudinai impression on each side from base to middle ; black, 

 with sparse bright greenish scaling which is denser laterally. 

 Scutellum scarcely visible. Elytra subovate, truncate anteriorly, 

 scarcely broader tha,n the base of the thorax, somewhat dilated 

 from base to middle, shoulders sub-rectangular and not elevated ; 

 narrower behind, almost conjointly acuminate at apex, four times 

 as long as the thorax, slightly convex dorsally, declivous behind, 

 sub-sulcate, the sulci with shallow punctuation, the intervals 

 convex, transversely rugose and tuberculate ; black, with bright 

 gTeenish scaling which is sparse dorsally, but dense on the inilexed 

 margins. Body finely granulate beneath, black, scattered with 

 bright greenish scales. Legs elongate, stout, piceous, with sparse 

 grey scaling and pubescence ; femora clavate, unarmed ; anterior 

 tibife somewhat curved towards apex ; tarsi moderately dilated, 

 spongy and fuscous beneath." 



" Cape of Good Hope (L^'ege)." 



in Dresre's collection. 



