244 ME. G. A. K. MAESUALL OX THE [Mar. 20, 



sickle-shaped processes ; in the 5 the sides are subparallel basally 

 and the genfe are only moderately and roundly dilated ; uppei' 

 surface impressed, tricai'inate, the outer carinpe parallel from base 

 to beyond middle, thence widely diverging, an additional short 

 ctirved carina in front of eyes ; punctuation and scaling as on the 

 head, the central carina bare. Antennce comparatively long and 

 slender, piceous, -with fine gi'ey pubescence ; scape clavate, slightly 

 compressed and distinctly curved ; first joint of funicle about 

 as long as third, the subterminal joints elongate. Prothorao- 

 moderately transverse, base gently bisinuate, sides not much 

 rounded, broadest befoie middle, with a shallow constriction near 

 apex, which is truncate and narrower than the base ; upper sur- 

 face convex, with scattered rounded granules, except along a 

 broad central space which is almost smooth, punctured and slightly 

 elevated, being more prominent in the $ than in the J ; a rounded 

 impression on each side near base ; colour piceous, the granules 

 and the central ridge (in the $ ) bare, the interstices with grey 

 scaling. Elytra sul}truncate at base, ovate, more acuminate apically 

 in the S , so that the sides appeal- more rounded than in tlie 5 > 

 broadest well before middle ; upper surface convex, with broad 

 strise containing shallow rugose punctuation, the intervals convex, 

 more or less distinctly granulate, often subrugose ; coloui- piceous, 

 with uniform grey scaling, the interAals posteriorly with rows of 

 small gi^ey squamiform seta?. Legs piceous or ferrugineous, with 

 the knees black, and with fine gi'ey scaling ; all the femoia more 

 strongly clavate in the S than in the $ , and the tibiae more 

 strongly curved, especially the anterioi' pairs. 



Type, c? in the British Museum, 5 in the Oxford Museum. 



Natal: Dur1)an {ff. W. Bell-Marley), Pinetown [coll. 

 G. A. K. M.], Maritzburg [S.A. Mus.], Howick (C. X. Barker). 



Allied to granosns Fahr., but with much narrower elytra, the 

 obliquity of the shoulders being most noticeable in the S '■, the 

 sides of the prothoiux are also much less strongly rounded and 

 the lateral impressions deeper; in perfect specimens there is ;i 

 small round whitish spot at the base of each elytron. 



3. ScioBius ciNEREUS, sp. nov. (Plate XYIII. fig. 3.) 



Long. 9|-10|, lat. 5-6 mm. 



Head ti-ansverse, with coaise shallow punctuation which is 

 hidden by dense grey scaling ; forehead with a central impression 

 and with a slightly raised fold above the eyes, which are prominent. 

 Rostrum rather longer than broad, sides 23arallel to beyond middle ; 

 gense sharply and laterally produced in both sexes, but more 

 prominent in the J ; upper siu'face shallowly impressed, tri- 

 carinate, the outer carina? with a strong outw^ard curve towards 

 apex ; punctuation rugose, but the whole surface covered with 

 dense scaling except the central carina. Antennce moderately long 

 and thick, piceous, with dense grey pubescence ; scape sub- 

 cylindrical, evenly curved and gradually clavate ; funicle with the 

 first joint equal to the tliird, the subterminal joints comparatively 



