AprU, 1888.] 2 tl 



sex generally in the Onthopliagi, that I should have hesitated to 

 describe the single specimen as a ^^ if it were not for the corroboration 

 afforded by the produced and angulated inner apices of the anterior 

 tibia), the same being obliquely truncated in the other three (?) 

 examples. 



DiASTELLOPALPUS MONAPOiDES. — Late suhquadroto-ovotus, nigro-nitidus : 

 clypeo semiovato, suhtriangulari,grosse discrete granulato : thorace brevi et lato, 

 angulis anticis subfalcatis postice valde sinuato-angustato angidis posticis 

 rotundatis, hasi vix flexuoso et medio parum producto ihique sulco marginali 

 anguste interrupto, dorso aspere verrucoso polito : dytris interstitiis valde con- 

 vexis sparsim setifero-punctulatis {setis nigris) striis in fwndis vix impressis. 

 $ . Carina frontalis parum elevata, vertieeque in cornu acuto rohusto sed parum 

 elevato, retrorsum curvato, armato. Thorax antice alte verticalis, brevis, supra 

 cornuhus brevibus et validis quatuor quorum i7itermediis {oblique spectantibus) 

 sinu subtiliter carinulato separatis, duobus exterioribus porrectis liberis a 

 cornubus medianis sinu prof undo separatis. Tibice anticce supra prope tarsos 

 leviter tuberculatce. Long., 24i mm., $ . 



Mamboia (Mr. Last). One example. 



A distinct and remarkable species, somewhat resembling the 

 Australian Onthophagus (Monapus) pentacanthus, Harold. 



Phalops etjplynes. — Ph. Wittei (Har.) proxime afflnis ; differt interalia 

 genis triangulariter lohatis. Viridi-cpneus, elytris Jlavo-testaceis parce fiisco- 

 marmoratis : clypeo dimidio anteriori polito sparsim punctulato, postice setifero- 

 punctuto, gradatim acuminato apice rejlexo subacuto, lamina occipitali fssa 

 nidanti, utrinque intus U7iidentata : thorace cpqualiter et sat distanter granulato 

 toto griseo-puhescenti : elgtris vix nitidis breviter griseo-sefosisj interstitiis plajiiSf 



suhtilissime alutaceis et disperse gramdutis : subtus nigro-nitidus. 



Long., 12 mm., ^ . 

 Damara Land (Andersson). 



Differs from P. Wittei and P. Dregei in the gena) being dilated 

 into a sub-triangular lobe (rounded at the apex), different in shape 

 from the same part in all other species of Phalops. The head, from 

 the hind part of the clypeus nearly to the summit of the long fissile 

 occipital plate, is clothed with long, erect, grey hairs. The pubescence 

 of the thorax is recumbent and curled ; that of the elytra similar, but 

 more sparsely scattered. 



Family CETONIIDJE. 



FoENASlNlTJS VITTATUS. — Oblongus, nigro-tiitidus, thorace Uneis impressis 

 quinque elytrisque vittis suturali et marginali aliisque 2—3 intermediis cretaceo- 

 tomentosis. Thorax fere (tqualiter convexus paullo arite medium dilatatus, disperse 

 punctatus, lateribus cum angulis posticis rotundatis ; elytris subtilius disperse 



