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approaches Scohms, a heterogeneous group as it stands at 

 present. 



EoTiTHEis Divisus. (Plate XLI. fig. 3.) 



E. suboblongus, niger, vix nitidus ; rostro in medio leviter, apicem versus 

 profunda, sulcato ; prothorace confertim et subtiliter punctate. Long. 6 lin. 



Mab. Natal. 



Suboblong ; black, very slightly shining ; rostrum not longer 

 than the head, broadly and lightly sulcate at the base, deeper and 

 narrower towards the apex ; antennae black ; scape extending to 

 the prothorax, first joint of the funicle longer than the second, 

 the rest much shorter and conical ; prothorax expanded and 

 rounded at the sides, closely and finely punctured ; elytra slightly 

 convex, shoulders acutely produced, seriate-punctate, punctures 

 large, approximate, interstices raised and minutely punctured ; 

 tarsi pilose. 



Plattomicus aeidus. (Plate XLI. fig. 5.) 



P. ovatus, omniuo dense fuscescenti-albido-squamosus, setulis minutis 

 dispersus ; pi'otliorace ad latera roundato, disco trisulcato ; elytris tuber- 

 culis duobus munitis. Long. 6 lin. 



Sab. Momboia. 



E-ather broadly ovate ; everywhere densely covered by brownish- 

 white minute scales, and more or less setulose ; head with a nar- 

 row impressed longitudinal line ; eyes small, prominent ; club of 

 the antennae shortly ovate, blackish ; prothorax very transverse, 

 the disk with a deep central groove and another less marked on 

 each side ; scutellum triangular ; elytra broad, very convex, the 

 shoulders angular and prominent, striate-punctate ; punctures 

 shortly linear, minute, alternate interstices elevated, behind the 

 middle one assuming a curved form, towards the apex two small 

 conical tubercles. 



The pale colour of this species is a very marked character ; 

 like P. echinus and P. cordipennis, the prothorax is without a 

 tubercle at the sides. 



Steaticus. 



Caput exsertum ; oculi rotundati ; rostrum crassiusculum, a fronte 

 separatum. Scrobes foveiformes. Antennae longiusculse, scapo prothoracem 

 attingente, crassiusculo ; funiculus linearis ; clava parva, distincta. Pro- 

 thorax basi truncatus. Scutellum nullum. Elytra ovata, basi prothoracis 

 baud latiora. Pedes mediocres ; femora modice incrassata, mutica ; tibiae 

 rectae, inerraes ; corbellis apertis ; unguiculi basi cornuti. Abdomen seg- 

 mento secundo tertio longiore. 



