254 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL OX THE [Mar. 20, 



pubescence, wliicli is denser and yellowish laterally. Elytra ovate 

 in the cf , broadl}' ovate in 5 , gently sinuate at base, sides 

 evidently rounded, broadest about middle ; upj)er surface depressed, 

 with deep granulated stiife, the intei-vals slightly convex, coria- 

 ceous and with rows of small niuch depressed granides, which are 

 more evident on the declivity ; colour piceous, with very fine grey 

 pubescence, which is a little more dense apically and laterally, and 

 also forms a denser transverse band across the summit of the 

 declivity. Legs elongate and rather stout, piceous, and with 

 fairly dense grey pubescence ; anterior tibiaj distinctly com- 

 pressed in both sexes, sti'ongl}- curved near apex in S ? slightly so 

 in $ . 



Type, $ in the British Museum, S in the South- African 

 Museum. 



Natal: If af a Mouth (C. N'. Barker). Poxdolaxd : Port St. 

 John's. 



*14. SciOBius lateralis Boh. 



*S'. lateralis Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 201 (1843). 



" As long as Sciohius j^orcatus, Ijut half as wide again, with the 

 elytra less convex. 



" Head short and broad, slightly convex above, longitudinally 

 I'ugulose, black, sparsely clothed with greenish-grey scales, sepa- 

 rated from rosti'um by a deep ai'cuate impression ; eyes i-ounded, 

 black, moderately pi'ominent. liostruin scarcely nari-ower and a. 

 little longer than head, stout, poi-rect, almost plane above, tricari- 

 nate, obsoletely I'uguloso-punctate, with grey scaling. Antennce 

 long, black, with sparse grey pubescence ; scape reaching beyond 

 the apex of the thorax, compressed, somewhat ai-cuate in the 

 middle ; funicle elongate, very slender, the club oblong, nairow 

 and acuminate. Thorax broad, veiy short, truncate at base and 

 apex, narrower anteiioily, the sides roundly ampliated ; upper 

 surface moderately convex, closely tuberculate thi-oughout, with a 

 longitudinal impression on each side from base to middle ; black, 

 with sparse bright greenish scaling which is denser laterally. 

 Scutellum scarcely Aasible. Elytra subovate, truncate anteriorly, 

 scarcely broadei- than the base of the thorax, somewhat dilated 

 fi'om base to middle, shoulders sub-rectangular and not elevated ; 

 narrower behind, almost conjointly acuminate at apex, four times 

 as long as the thoinx, slightly convex dorsally, declivous behind, 

 sub-sulcate, the sulci with shallow punctuation, the intervals 

 convex, transversely rugose and tubei-culate ; black, with bright 

 greenish sealing which is sptirse dorsally, but dense on the infiexed 

 margins. Body finely granulate beneath, black, scattered with 

 bright greenish scales. Leys elongate, stout, piceous, with sparse 

 grey scaling and pubescence ; femora clavate, unarmed ; anterior 

 tibise somewhat curved towards apex ; tarsi moderately dilated, 

 spongy and fuscous beneath." 



" Cape of Good Hope (Brege)." 



Type missina'; in Dreo'e's collection. 



