260 MR. G, A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar. 20, 



the third joint a little longer than the first, subterminal joints 

 elongate. Prothorax strongly transverse, truncate at base and 

 apex, the latter narrower, sides slightly rounded (but sometimes 

 almost straight in the posterior half), broadest about middle and 

 with a shallow constiiction close to apex ; upper surface convex, 

 closely set with small granules and without impressions ; colour 

 piceous, with fine grey scaling, Avhicli is sparse dorsally and denser 

 on the sides. Elytra broadly ovate in the S , subglobose in the 

 2 , subtruncate at base; sides very strongly rounded in the $ ,less 

 so in the d" , broadest about middle : upper surface convex, with 

 deep strise containing shallow punctures separated by small 

 granules ; the intervals convex, smooth, coriaceous, with a few 

 small granules on the declivity ; in the 5 there are usually irre- 

 gular rows of granules on intervals 7 and 8, which may often be 

 seen from above in the form of a lateral crenulation ; colour 

 piceous, with fine grey scaling, which in the c? forms the following 

 markings : a dense irregular lateral stripe, a sublunulate trans- 

 verse band above declivity, some small irregvilar spots on the disk, 

 and occasionally a well-defined sutural stripe (var. chictus Boh.) ; 

 in the $ the scaling is more evenly distributed and these markings 

 are only vaguely indicated, but the sutural stripe is never present. 

 Legs moderate, the anteiior tibiae straight externally and slightly 

 sinuate internally in § , in c? broader, curved externally near 

 apex and strongly sinuate internally. 



Type 5 in the Stockholm Museum. Types of cinctns and 

 varius also in the same Museum. 



Cape Colony : Uitenhage and Port Alfred {Father G'Neil), 

 Kowie and Grahamstown [S. A. Mus.]. Pondoland : Port St. 

 John {G. Shortridge\ 



After a very careful examination of Boheman's types of cinctus 

 and varius together with a further series of ten specimens, I can 

 find no reliable specific character by which the two forms may be 

 diflerentiated. Both the thorax and elytra vaiy somewhat in 

 their outline, as also does the curvature of the rosti^al carinse, but 

 these characters all vary independently of each other, and the 

 variations show such gradations as to render them useless as 

 specific characters. That these two forms represent the male sex 

 of Sparrman's pulhis there can, I think, be but little doubt. Of 

 the latter form I have seen eleven examples, and these exhibit 

 variations in the shape of the thorax and elytra similar to those 

 observable in the males. 



22. SciOBius POLLINOSUS Fahr. 



S. poUinosus Fahr. op. cit. p. 29. 



Long. 6-6|-, lat. 2|— 3i mm. 



Head a little shorter than its width at base, black, with scattered 

 shallow punctuation and sparse j^ellowish pubescence ; forehead 

 with a slight central impression ; eyes moderately prominent. 

 Rostrum distinctly longer than broad, its sides subparallel, the 

 gense only slightly and roundly dilated in both sexes ; upper 



