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of the emargination as well as the anterior margin strongly reflexed, 

 no frontal carina, but in the centre of the vertex there is a transverse 

 carina nearly obliterated on the sides but transversely tuberculate in 

 the centre, the tubercle being very small ; antennae yellow ; pro thorax 

 ampliate laterally, not very convex, marginate all round, with the base 

 rounded in the middle, it is covered with deep, somewhat closely set 

 round punctures, has a very short, longitudinal smooth line in the 

 centre, and is very faintly impressed longitudinally near the base ; 

 elytra ovate, a little elongate, distinctly geminato-striate, striae closely 

 punctulate, intervals plane and filled with closely set elongate granules, 

 second interval slightly wider than the third, humeral callus very 

 distinct ; pygidium very finely punctured and nearly glabrous ; 

 metasternum very sparsely punctulate, median longitudinal line 

 hardly distinct ; apical spurs moderately slender and nearly straight. 



Length 9 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



This species will probably come in the vicinity of 0. interstitialis 

 and 0. bovinus when the male is known. It differs, however, from 

 both these species, and also from 0. rjlaher, in the intervals of the elytra 

 being filled with closely set elongate granules, whereas in 0. bovinus 

 there are only two rows of smaller granules in each interval, and in 

 0. interstitialis and 0. glaber these intervals are closely punctate. 



Hab. Southern Bhodesia (Victoria Falls). 



(The following species have not been seen or identified by me.) 



Onthophagus cruentatus, Klug, 

 Monatsb. Berl. Ac, 1855, p. 653 ; Peters' Eeis., 1862, p. 235. 



" Fuscous bronze, thorax sub-impressed on each side in front, 

 dorsal part bi-tuberculate, elytra punctato-striate, sparsely punctate 

 in the intervals, and maculated with blood-red. Male and female. 



Length 3^ lin. 



Of the usual shape and size, dark greenish bronze ; head and 

 prothorax covered with scattered punctures, the middle part of the 

 latter is nearly smooth, moderately raised, with a tubercle on each 

 side, in front of which occurs a somewhat more strongly punctate 

 excavation, between the eyes on the head there is a curved, trans- 

 verse ridge ; the elytra are striato-punctate, and the intervals are 

 only slightly punctate, and both the base and the apex, but the latter 

 especially are dark red ; under side and legs coloured like the upper 

 part of the body. In the female the prothorax has no elevation, and 

 is uniformly punctured throughout. Several examples from Sena." 



Hab. Mozambique. 



