246 Transactions South African Philosoj^ihical Society, [vol. xii. 



setigerous punctures merging into two past the median part ; 

 pygidium closely scabroso-punctate, very briefly setigerous ; meta- 

 sternum sparsely punctulate in the centre, median longitudinal 

 impressed line distinct towards the basal part ; inner part of anterior 

 tibiae non-spinose at tip in the male ; apical spur long, moderately 

 slender, and nearly straight. 



Female not known with certainty. 



Length 7^-9^ mm. ; width 4^-6 mm. 



Hah. Natal (Durban, Maritzburg), Transvaal (Eustenburg, 

 Potchefstroom). 



The late Mr. Bates and I described this species at about the same 

 time. 



Onthophagus cupricollis, Pering., 

 Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc, 1888, p. 98, pi. i., fig. 7. 



Coppery on the head and prothorax, not shining, very briefly 

 pubescent, elytra pale yellow, under side and legs bronze or coppery, 

 club of antennae fuscous ; head covered with very closely set, rugose 

 punctures, clypeus strongly acuminate and with the apical part 

 blunt and strongly reflexed, there is no frontal carina, but near 

 the base there is a trace of a small flat median tubercle, genae 

 distinctly angulate at middle ; prothorax ampliate laterally, mar- 

 ginate all round, rounded in the median part of the base and densely 

 covered with closely set, deep, elongate punctures which are not 

 scabrose ; elytra not much ampliated laterally, very narrowly and not 

 deeply geminato-striate, intervals plane, covered with numerous- 

 closely set, round, slightly setigerous punctures, second interval 

 broader than the third, humeral callus moderately distinct ; pygidium 

 closely and deeply pitted ; metasternum punctulate but having a 

 median smooth space and an impressed line near the base ; inner 

 part of anterior tibiae non-spinose, apical spur moderately slender, 

 somewhat short, and nearly straight in both sexes. 



Male : Prothorax strongly impressed laterally on each side in the 

 anterior part, median part produced into a linear vertical lobe sharply 

 acute at tip. 



Female : The cephalic, nearly obliterated, tubercle is not set quite 

 so near the base as in the male, and the prothorax is neither retuse 

 nor impressed. 



Length 6-8 mm. ; width 3^-4^ mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Lydenburg). 



