1900,] Catalor/uc of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 61 



humeral part, and a little attenuate from there to the apex, not 

 gibbose at middle near the suture, very finely shagreened and finely 

 striate, the intervals without any distinct trace of punctures ; the 

 second supra-marginal carina runs from the base to the middle only; 

 pygidium punctulate ; anterior tibiae with three strong outer teeth, the 

 apical one of which is much longer than the other two, and two or 

 three serrations beyond the basal tooth, inner part mucronate at tip 

 and about one-third of the length, the space between the two points 

 being laminate in the male, but slightly less so in the female, while 

 the remainder of the inner part is serrate, the upper edge of the fore 

 femora is distinctly serrate, and the trochanters of the intermediate 

 and posterior legs are produced in a distinct spine longer in the hind 

 leg ; metasternum rounded at tip and having a deep median groove 

 ending between the intermediate coxae, and a sub-triangular impres- 

 sion at the base connected with the anterior groove by a shallow 

 line. The armature of the male is very small. 



Length 25-28 mm. ; width 14-17 mm. 



In this species the first supra-marginal carina runs from the base 

 to about the median part of the elytron and disappears beyond that 

 point, instead of being obliterated in the anterior part and running 

 in the posterior as in the other South African species of Scbasteos. 



Hah. Natal (Eshowe, Durban), Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



Gen. CIECELLIUM, Latr., 



Eegn. Anim., 2 ed., iv., 1829, p. 535. 



Mentum slightly emarginate at tip, ovate laterally, lobes of 

 ligula falcate at tip, ovate laterally, corneous and densely ciliate 

 inwardly ; basal joint of labial palpi long, thick, very swollen 

 at tip, second much shorter than the first, incurved, not as 

 thick as the first, third short, subulate, and planted in the 

 inner side of the apical part of the second ; last joint of maxil- 

 lary palpi fusiform, grooved outwardly at tip only ; maxillae robust, 

 upper lobe apical, not much broader than the apical part, inner 

 lobe short, fasciculate at tip, and reaching close to the upper 

 lobe which is not fasciculate ; basal joint of antennae as long 

 as the six joints following, sinuate on either side, club normal, 

 three-jointed ; head broadly semicircular, clypeus emarginate in 

 the centre and with a small horizontal round tooth on each side 

 of the emargination ; prothorax and elytra very convex ; pygidium 

 triangular, bending forward; legs very robust, anterior tibiae strongly 

 tri-denbate outwardly, intermediate and posterior ones strongly 



