182^ Mr. J. S. Baly's descriptions of 



convexum, antice snbcylindricum. Scutellum nullum. 

 Elytra punctato-striata. Pedes modice robust! ; femoribus 

 posticis validis ; tibiis quatuor anticis apice muticis ; 

 posticis dorso canaliculatis, apice spina valida armatis ; 

 tarsorum posticorum articulo basali ad tibige apicem inserto ; 

 unguiculis appendiculatis. Prosternum oblongum, coxis 

 anticis Eequial turn ; aceto^M/^'s anticis apertis. Mesosternum 

 occultum. Metasternum breve, apice ad prosternum 

 producto. 



The absence of a scutellum will separate Stegnaspea 

 from all known genera oiHalticince; in other cliaracters it 

 closelj agrees with Apteropoda and allied forms. 



Stegnaspea Trimeni. 



Ovata, antice et postice attenuata, convexa, piceo- 

 cuprea, nitida, subtus picea, pedibus (femoribus posticis 

 exceptis) antennisque piceo-fulvis, his apice infuscatis; 

 thorace tenuiter, subcrebre punctato ; elytris punctato- 

 striatis, interspatiis remote, tenuissime punctatis. 



Long, f lin. 



Hab. — Cape of Good Hope. 



Head trigonate ; encarpae linear, obliquely transverse, 

 contiguous ; carina narrow, elongate ; antennae about half 

 the length of the body, obscure fulvous, five outer joints 

 stained with fuscous; second, third and fourth equal in 

 length. Thorax more than twice as broad as long; sides 

 rounded and converging from base to apex, nearly 

 parallel at the extreme base, anterior angles thickened, 

 obtuse, hinder ones acute; basal margin sinuate on either 

 side close to the outer edge, its medial portion trans- 

 versely truncate; above convex, faintly granulose-reticu- 

 late, distinctly but finely punctured, the punctures oblong. 

 Scutellum obsolete. Elytra broadly ovate, attenuated 

 towards the apex; above convex, regularly punctate-striate ; 

 interspaces plane, remotely and very finely punctured. 

 Breast and basal segment of abdomen strongly punctured.. 



Genus DiBOLiA, Latr. 



Dibolia Duboulayi. 



Anguste oblongo-ovata, convexa, supra cuprea, nitida, 

 antennis fulvis, apice nigris ; subtus fulva, femoribus pos- 



