1906.] COLEOPTERA OP THE GENUS SCIOBIUS. 259. 



dilated in the c? , scarcely produced in the $; upper surface 

 plane, rugosely punctured, distinctly tricarinate, the outer cariufe 

 parallel to middle, then curving outwardly. Antennce com- 

 paratively short, piceous, with fine grey scahng ; scape broad, 

 strongly compressed, dilated from base to near middle, the sides 

 subparallel fi'om there to apex, upper surface rugosely punctured 

 and with a shallow sulcus ; f unicle with the third joint a little 

 longer than the first, terminal joints not very elongate, sub- 

 conical. Prothorax strongly transverse, subtruncate at base, 

 narrower and gently sinuate at apex, sides almost straight from 

 base to beyond micldle, thence rapidly narrowed to apex ; upper 

 surface slightly convex, with close depressed and sometimes 

 confluent granulation ; colour black, with sparse grey scaling 

 which is denser laterally. Elytra very broadly ovate in S, 

 globose in $ , subtruncate or slightly sinuate at base, sides 

 strongly rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface convex 

 in $ , more plane in S , with deep stride containing distinct 

 gi*anules which are continued right up to apex ; the intervals of 

 equal width, almost plane, smooth, and coriaceous, but with a few 

 obsolescent granules on the declivity ; colour black, piceous, or 

 dark ferruginous, with uniform thin grey scaling, which is con- 

 densed into paler patches along the inflexed margins. Legs 

 moderately long and stout in c? , shorter in 2 1 piceous or 

 ferruginous, with sparse grey scaling; anterior tibia? straight 

 externally in $ , slightly curved towards apex in the d" . 



Type d" ? in the Stockholm Museum. 



Cape Colony : XJitenhage- and Bedford {Father 0' N'eil) ; 

 Grahamstown [Mrs. G. White) ; Steynsburg [Miss Li'pjmn) ; 

 Somerset East and Tsomo [S. A. Mus.']. 



The 5 of this species has more strongly globose elytra than 

 any other in the genus, although the 5 of -j^uHus approaches it 

 nearly ; but the latter may be distinguished by its much more 

 slender scape and longer and more slender funicle. 



21. SciOBius PULLUS Sparrm. 



$ . Cv/rculio ^ndlus Sparrm. Act, Holm. 1785, p. 56, pi. 3. 

 fig. 38. 



(S . S. cinctus Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 196 (1843). 



cJ . S. varius Boh. 1. c. p. 197. 



Long, o' 54-6, $ 5i-64 ; lat. d 2|-3, $ 3-|^4 mm. 

 Head moderately transverse, convex, rugosely punctured and 

 with thin grey scaling ; forehead plane but not impressed ; eyes 

 slightly prominent. Rostrum longer than broad, with the base 

 arcuate, sides subparallel to beyond middle, gense slightly and 

 roundly dilated, similar in the two sexes ; upper surface plane, 

 I'ugosely punctin-ed, distinctly tricarinate, the outer carinse sub- 

 parallel to beyond middle and then curved outwardly. Anteimce 

 long and slender, piceous, with fine grey scaling ; scape not com- 

 pressed, strongly curved, rather abruptly clavate ; funicle with 

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