42 Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



Genus ScELODONTA, Westwood. " 

 Scelodonta albidovittata. 



Ovata, valde convexa, rufo-cuprea, iiitida^ subtus (pedi- 

 biis exceptis) cuprea, abdominis vittis duabus, tliorace epi- 

 pleurisque dense albido-pilosis ; tliorace transversim irregu- 

 lariter elevato-strigoso, ^dttis tribns e pills adpressis albidis 

 ornato; elytris convexis^ rude striatim punctatis, spatio 

 infra scutellum excavato, confuse punctate ; interspatiis 

 elevatis, ad apicem costatis, basi irregulariter elevato-reti- 

 culatis; utrisque vittis (circa 5) e pilis adpressis albidis 

 porrectis instructis. 



Long. 2\ lin. 



Hah. — South Africa, Damara Land. 



Head sparingly clothed Avith white adpressed hairs; 

 vertex coarsely rugose, lower face and clypeus coarsely 

 but not closely punctured, the latter narrowly wedge- 

 shaped, its apex obsolete, its anterior border tri-emargi- 

 nate, the centre notch angular, finely denticulate; surface 

 plane, deeply excavated in front ; labruni and jaws black ; 

 palpi geneous ; antennse with the two lower joints cupreous, 

 the following three aneous, the rest black. Thorax about 

 one-third broader than long, subcylindrical, flattened above, 

 longitudinally excavated along the median line ; sides 

 rounded and diverging from the base to behind the middle, 

 thence obliquely converging and slightly rounded towards 

 the apex, the apex itself more quickly rounded ; above closely 

 covered Avith coarse, transverse, irregularly anastomosing 

 raised strig^ ; general sm^face sparingly clothed with fine, 

 adpressed, white hairs ; on the disk are three longitudinal 

 roAvs of coarser adpressed hairs. Scutellum not longer 

 than broad, pentangular, the three upper angles slightly 

 produced, acute. Elytra broadly oblong, slightly nar- 

 roAved tOAA'^ards the apex, the latter rounded ; above con- 

 vex, humeral callus prominent, obtuse ; surface coarsely 

 punctate-striate, the interspaces thickened, costate on the 

 sides and apex ; just beloAV the scutellum is a small, exca- 

 vated, irregularly punctured space ; on each elytron are 

 four or five longitudinal rows, formed of adpressed, Avhite 

 hairs, the second and third rows fi'om the sutuire confluent 

 at the apex. Thighs each armed beneath AAdth an acute 

 spine ; apices of four hinder tibiee only slightly emarginate. 

 The thorax beneath, the sides of the pectus and tAvo longi- 

 tudinal rows on the abdomen densely clothed AAath ad- 

 pressed hairs, rest of the surface only sparingly pubescent. 



