262 MR, a. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar. 20, 



at ba.se and very slightly narrowed from there to the apical con- 

 striction ; in $ a little more transverse, sides slightly rounded 

 and the apical constriction less evident ; upper surface subde- 

 pressed, granulation very variable, usually depressed and subcon- 

 iiuent, occasionally subobsolescent, sometimes with a faint, rounded, 

 very shallow impression on each side not far from base ; colour 

 piceous, with fine grey pubescence, denser laterally and there 

 bearing a bright yellow powdering, which, however, is easily 

 abraded. Elytra in S very narrowly ovate, truncate or slightly 

 emarginate at base, constricted behind the shoulders, which have 

 an acute tubercular prominence; sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest about middle, rounded apically ; in $ broadly ovate, 

 slightly sinuate at base, shoulders normal and not prominent, 

 sides more strongly rounded, subacuminate apically ; upper sur- 

 fnce slightly convex or subdepressed, steeply declivous and distinctly 

 retuse posteriorly, especially in § , with distinct strice containing 

 shallow punctures separated by small granules, the intervals almost 

 plane, coriaceous and devoid of granules ; colour piceous or cas- 

 taneous, with very fine thin grey pubescence, the inflexed margins 

 with a broad stripe of denser puljescence having a bright yellow 

 powdering ; there is also a similar but narrower sutural stripe 

 extending from base to near apex. Legs slender and elongate, 

 piceous, or ferruginous with the knees and coxpe darker, Avith fine 

 grey pubescence ; anterior tibiae straight extei-nally in both sexes. 



Type S hi the Stockholm Museum. 



Natal : Malvern (C. N. Barker), Howick [Dr. F. Dimock 

 B^'oivn). 



Apart from the type I have seen only a single S -"^nd $ , which 

 I refer provisionally to this species. The former, however, difliers 

 from the type in having the shoulders merely subrectangular 

 and without any distinct tubercular prominence, the constriction 

 of the prothorax being less marked and the sutural stripe wanting. 

 But without more material it is difficult to say whether these are 

 specific or merely varietal characters. 



24. >SciOEius spatulatus, sp. nov. (Plate XYIII. fig. 10.) 



Long. 6f , lat. 3f mm. 



Head very short, strongly transverse, slightly convex, aciculate 

 and with sparse yellowish pubescence forming a densei' ring round 

 the eyes, which are not prominent, forehead with a shallow centi'al 

 impression. Rostrum longer than broad, arcuate at base, sides 

 sinviate, gense rounded and scarcely dilated ; upper surface 

 shallowly impressed, tricarinate, the outer carinte curved and 

 higher than the central one, aciculate and with pale setiform 

 scaling which is denser beneath. Antenncn piceous, with fine grey 

 pubescence ; scape compressed, broadly dilated, subfusiform, with 

 a distinct central carina above and bisulcate beneath ; funicle 

 long and s'ender, the third joint much longer than the first, the 

 subterminal joints elongate, subconical. Prothorax subcjdindrical, 

 as long as its width at apex, which is truncate, base a little 



