258 MR, G. A. K. MAESHALL ON THE [Mar. 20, 



the anterior tibiae slightly cui-ved in the § , a little more strongly 

 so in the c? . 



Type, $ in the British Mviseum, J in the Oxford Museum. 



Natal : Malvern (C. iV^. Barker). 



A very distinct little species. The dilated portion of the 

 second interval in the 5 is distinctly flattened and more densely 

 covered with scales. The S comes nearest to aciculatifrons 

 Boh., but the forehead is not striolate, the scape is much more 

 slender, and the elytra are scarcely inflexed laterally. 



19. SciOBius scAPULAPas Boh. 



S. scapularis Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 195 (1843). 



Long. 5-|-8, lat. 3-4| mm. 



Head convex ; forehead not impressed, finely plicate ; eyes not 

 prominent. Rostrum subquadrate, about as long as broad, base 

 trisinuate or biangulate ; gente not dilated in $ , slightly and 

 roundly dilated in (5 ; upper surface plane, finely punctured and 

 distinctly tricarinate, the outer carinte parallel to middle and 

 with a slight outward curve apically. Antennoi moderately long, 

 piceous, with fine grey scaling ; scape compressed, broad, distinctly 

 bisinuate and gicxdually dilated to apex ; funicle with the third 

 joint much longer than the first. Prothorax veiy transverse, 

 distinctly arcuate or even subangulate at base, much narrower 

 and faintly sinuate at apex ; sides scarcely rounded, broadest close 

 to base and rapidly narrowed to apex ; upper surface slightly 

 convex, rather sparsely set with very depressed and sometimes 

 obsolescent granules, the sides of the disk with a shallow and ill- 

 defined depression ; colour black, with thin whitish scaling which 

 is denser laterally and beneath. Elytra broadly ovate, jointly 

 sinuate at base, sides moderately rounded, broadest before middle ; 

 upper surface convex, the strife containing distinct punctures 

 which disappear behind middle, the intervals almost plane, of 

 equal width, smooth and without a trace of granules, very finely 

 a,ciculate ; colour piceous black, with fine thin grey scaling 

 (usually abraded), which is denser laterally. Legs moderate, 

 piceous, with fine gi-ey scaling, the anterior pairs of tibite slightly 

 more curved in the S , and with the inner angle a little more 

 produced than in the 5 . 



Type, missing ; in Ecklon and Zeyher's Collection. 



Cape Colony : Grahamstown {Mrs. G. WJiite, Hiss Bahj, and 

 Br. Cheio). 



20. SCIOBIUS -GRISETJS Gyl. 



S. griseus Gyl. Schonh. Gen. Cure. ii. p. 536 (1834). 



Long. 6 6-7f , $ 6|-7f ; lat. 6 3^-44, $ 4-4f mm. 



Head moderately transverse, convex, rugosely punctured, with 

 snarse grey scaling ; forehead plane, without impressions ; eyes not 

 prominent. Rostrum a little longer tha,n broad, its basal margin 

 arcuate, sides parallel in the basal half ; gense slightly and roundly 



