268 ME. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar. 20 



31. ScioBius PANZANUS, sp. iiov. (Plate XIX. fig. 4.) 



Long. 84-94-, lat. 3-3i mm. 



Head transverse, almost plane above, finely rugose, and v/ith 

 thin scaling which is densei- I'oiind the eyes ; forehead without 

 impressions ; eyes rather prominent. Rostruin longer tha.n broad, 

 basal margin sharply angulated, sides faintly sinuate before 

 middle, gense roimded and scarcely dilated ; upper surface plane, 

 finely rugose, distinctly tricarinate, the oiiter caianje straight and 

 parallel. Antemue moderate, piceous, with fine grey pubescence ; 

 scape not compressed, moderately stout, strongly cui-ved beyond 

 middle and subclavate beyond the curve ; funicle with the first 

 and third joints subequal. Frolliorax rather broader than long, 

 subcylindrical, truncate at base and apex and only a little narrower 

 anteriorly ; sides slightly rovmded, bi'oadest about middle ; upper 

 surface convex, set with small scattered gxanules and without any 

 impressions ; colour black, with fine greyish scaling which is 

 denser laterally. Elytra regularly oval, truncate at base, 

 rounded posteriorly, sides rounded, broadest about middle ; upper 

 surface convex and steeply declivous behind, with distinct strife 

 containing rows of large deep punctures which are fainter on the 

 declivity ; the intervals slightly convex, of equal width, smooth 

 and minutely aciculate ; colour black, with fine greyish scaling 

 which is slightly denser laterally and apically, and with a denser 

 transverse band across the summit of the declivity. Lerjs blackish, 

 with I'ather dense gi'ey pubescence ; the anteiior tibise straight 

 externally and only slightly curved intei-nally in the S . 



Type S in the British Museum. 



Natal : Umpanzi R. in Umvoti County {C. N. Barker). 



*32. ScioBius scHoNLANDi, sp. nov. (Plate XIX. fig. 6.) 



Long. 5, lat. 2| mm. 



Head modei-ately transvei'se, convex, bare except for a few pale 

 scales round the eyes, forehead very finely striolate and without 

 impressions ; eyes convex but not prominent. liostrion a little 

 longer than broad, basal mai'gin arcuate, sides straight and 

 narrowing slightly fi-om base to apex, gense not dilated ; upper 

 surface plane, finely rugulose, narrowly carinate, the outer carinte 

 parallel to quite near apex and there lupidly diverging. AntenncB 

 moderjite, piceous brown with fine grey pubescence ; scape sub- 

 compi-essed, but slender, rather sharply curved and clavate ; 

 funicle with the first and third joints subequal. Prothorax 

 strongly transverse, slightly arcuate at base, truncate and dis- 

 tinctly narrower at apex, sides moderately rounded, broadest 

 rather behind middle ; upper surface convex, with close a,nd fine 

 confluent punctuation throughout, without any lateral impressions 

 but with a shallow impressed transverse line close to apex ; coloui' 

 black, bare. Elytra broadly ovate, slightly sinuate at base, 

 acuminate apically, sides strongly rounded, broadest much before 

 middle ; upper surface very convex, but rather gradually declivous 



