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



outer pair parallel to near apex and then curved ovitwardly ; 

 punctuation and scaling as on the head, but all three carinse bare 

 and impunctate, the apical emargination comparatively shallow. 

 Antenvcp, long and moderately slender, piceous, with fine greenish- 

 white setfe ; scape scarcely compressed, distinctly curved and 

 gradually thickened to apex ; first joint of funicle much longer 

 than third, subterminal joints longer than broad. Prothorax 

 ti'ansverse, subtruncate at base, narrower and ti'uncate at apex, 

 sides slightly rounded, broadest about middle ; upper sui'face 

 convex, closely set with low granules, but with three broad smooth 

 lines, the outer ones being oblique ; colour black, tJie granules 

 bare and shiny, the interstices with green scales which are <1enser 

 on the smooth spaces. Elytra ovate, of the same shape in the 

 two sexes, subacuminate towards apex, shoulders oblique, sides 

 moderately i-ounded, broadest rather before middle ; ii})per surface 

 convex, with deep stripe containing lai-ge shallow punctures which 

 vanish behind middle ; the second, third, fourth, and seventh 

 intervals strongly carinate, the carinte being bare, shiny, and 

 subcatenulate, the fifth and eighth intervals similarly carinate 

 in the basal half and the sixth in its apical half, the remaining 

 portions broad and smooth ; colour black, the apices of tlie carinse 

 bare, the rest of the surface, including the strife, densely covered 

 with metallic pale green or yellowish-green scaling. T^eys long 

 and moderately slender, black, with dense greenish- white setiform 

 scaling ; the anterior tibiaj more curved apically in the S , but 

 otherwise the legs are similar in the two sexes. 



Type cT $ iii the Stockholm Museum. 



Natal: Malvern {C. i\\ Barker & G. A. K. M.), Upper Tongaat 

 R. (C. JV. Barker), Howick {Dr. F. Bhnock Broini), Karkloof 

 {Jas. Ball), Drakensberg {G. A. K. M.). 



A very distinct species on account of its l)rilliant colouring and 

 carinate elytra, 



40. ScioBius squamulosus Boh. 



S. squamulosus Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 194 (1843). 



Long, c? 5, $ 6 ; lat. c? 2, $ 3 mm. 



Head nearly as long as broad, slightly convex, finely punctured, 

 and with dense greenish-grey scaling ; forehead narrow and Tiot 

 impressed ; eyes large and depressed. Bosirum elongate, liasal 

 )nai"gin arcuate oi- subangulate, parallel-sided in c? , somewhat 

 narrowed apically in $ , gense not dilated in either sex, apical 

 emargination small ; upper surface slightly convex, faintly tri- 

 carinate, the outer carina} convergent anteriorly, sealing and 

 punctuation as on the head. Antennce long and slender, ferru- 

 ginous, the apices of the joints infuscate, with fine grey scaling ; 

 scape cylindi'ical, strongly curved and abiuptly clavate ; funicle 

 with the first joint about as long as the third, terminal joints 

 subconical. Prothorax slightly transverse, ti'uncate at base and 

 apex, the latter distinctly nniTower, sides gently i-ounded, broadest 

 about middle ; upper suiface convex, finely and evenly coriaceous 



