1906.] COLEOPTERA OP THE GENUS SCIOBIUS. 259 



dilated in the d" , scarcely produced in the $ ; upper surface 

 plane, rugosely punctured, distinctly tricai-inate, the outer cavinfe 

 parallel to middle, then curving outwardly, Antennce com- 

 paratively short, piceous, with fine grey scaling ; scape broad, 

 strongly compressed, dilated from base to near middle, the sides 

 subparallel from there to apex, upper surface rugosely punctured 

 and with a shallow sulcus ; funicle with the third joint a little 

 longer than the first, terminal joints not very elongate, sub- 

 conical. Prothorax strongly transverse, subtruncate at base, 

 narrower and gently sinuate at apex, sides almost straight froiTi 

 base to beyond middle, thence rapidly narrowed to apex ; upper 

 surface slightly convex, with close depressed and sometimes 

 confluent granulation ; coloiir black, with sparse grey scaling 

 which is denser laterally. Elytra very broadly ovate in S , 

 globose in $ , subtruncate or slightly sinuate at base, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface convex 

 in 5 , more plane in c? , with deep striae containing distinct 

 gi-anules which are continued right up to apex ; the intervals of 

 equal width, almost plane, smooth, and coriaceous, but with a few 

 obsolescent gi'anules on the declivity ; colour black, piceous, or 

 dark ferruginous, with uniform thin grey scaling, which is con- 

 densed into paler patches along the inflexed margins. Legs 

 moderately long and stout in S , shorter in $ , piceous or 

 ferruginous, with sparse grey scaling ; anterior tibite straight 

 externally in $ , slightly curved towards apex in the (S . 



Type ^ $ in the Stockholm Museum. 



Cape Colony : Uitenhage and Bedford {Father O'lSfeil) ; 

 Grahamstown {Mrs. G. White) ; Steynsburg {Miss Lijjjxin) ; 

 Somei'set East and Tsomo [S. A. Mus.]. 



The $ of this species has more strongly globose elytra than 

 any other in the genus, although the $ of pvMus approaches it 

 nearly ; but the latter may be distinguished by its much more 

 slender scape and longer and more slender funicle. 



21. SciOBius PULLUS Sparrm. 



$ . Curcidio pullus Sparrm. Act. Holm. 1785, p. 56, pi. 3. 

 fig. 38. 



S . S. ductus Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 196 (1843). 



c? . S. varitis Boh. 1. c. p. 197. 



Long, o' 51-6, ? 51-64; lat. S 2|-3, $ 3f-4 mm. 



Head moderately transverse, convex, rugosely punctured and 

 with thin grey scaling ; forehead plane but not impressed ; eyes 

 slightly pi'ominent. Rostrum longer than broad, with the base 

 arcuate, sides subparallel to beyond middle, genaj slightly and 

 roundly dilated, similar in the two sexes ; upper surface plane, 

 rugosely punctured, distinctly tricarinate, the outer carinas sub- 

 parallel to beyond middle and then curved outwardly. Antennce 

 long and slender, piceous, with fine grey scaling ; scape not com- 

 pressed, strongly curved, rather abruptly clavate ; funicle \\'ith 



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