262 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar, 20. 



at base and very slightly narrowofl from thei-e to the apical con- 

 striction ; in 2 ^ little more transverse, sides slightly rounded 

 and the apical constriction less evident ; upper surface subde- 

 pressed, granulation very variable, usually depressed and subcon- 

 liuent, occasionally sul)obsolescent, sometimes with a faint, rounded, 

 very shallow impression on each side not far from base ; colour 

 piceous, with fine grey pubescence, denser laterally and there 

 bearing a bright yellow powdering, which, however, is easily 

 abraded. Elytra in J very narrowly ovate, truncate or slightly 

 emai'ginate at base, constricted behind the shoulders, which have 

 an acute tubei'cular prominence ; sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest about middle, rounded apically ; in $ broadly ovate, 

 slightly sinuate at base, shoulders normal and not pi'ominent, 

 sides moi'e strongly rounded, subacuminate apically ; upper sur- 

 face slightly convex or subdepressod, steeply declivous and distinctly 

 retuse posteriorly, especially in $ , witli distinct stria? containing 

 shallow punctures separated by small granules, the intervals almost 

 plane, coriaceous and devoid of granules ; colour piceous or cas- 

 taneous, with very fine thin grey pubescence, the inflexed margins 

 with a l)road stripe of denser pul)escence having a bright yellow 

 powdering ; there is also a similar but narrower sutural stripe 

 extending from base to near apex. Legs slender a,nd elongate, 

 piceous, or ferruginous with the knees and coxjb darker, with fine 

 grey pubescence ; anteiior tibiae sti'aiglit externally in both sexes. 



Type S ii^ the Stockholm Museum. 



Natal : Malvern (C, N. Barher), Howick [Dr. F. Dimock 

 Broam). 



A})art from the type I have seen only a single S 'm\'X $ , wdiich 

 I refer provisionally to this species. The former, however, differs 

 from the type in having the shoulders merely subrectangular 

 and without any distinct tvibercular pi'ominence, the constriction 

 of the pi'othoi-ax being less marked and the sutural sti'ipe wanting. 

 But withoiit more material it is diflicult to say Avhether these ai'e 

 specific or merely varietal characters. 



24. SciOBius SPATULATUS, sp. nov, (Plate XVITI. fig. 10.) 



Long, 6f, lat, 3| mm. 



HpmcI very short, strongly transverse, slightly convex, aciculate 

 and with sparse yellowish pubescence forming a densei- ring round 

 the eyes, which ai-e not prominent, forehead with a shallow central 

 impression. Rostrum longer than broad, arcuate at base, sides 

 sinuate, genas roimded and scai-cely dilated; upper suiface 

 shall owly impressed, tricarinate, the outer carinas curved and 

 higher than the central one, aciculate and with pale setiform 

 scaling which is denser beneath, Anteniw piceoiis, with fine grey 

 pubescence; scape compressed, broadly dilated, su])fusifoi'm, with 

 a distinct central carina above and Insulcate beneath ; funicle 

 long and sVnder, the third joint much longer tlian the first, the 

 subterminal joints elongate, subconical. Prothorax subcylindrieal, 

 as long as its width at apex, which is truncate, base a little 



