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punctures in the median part ; scutellum moderately long, im- 

 punctate ; elytra oblong, finely punctato-striate with the intervals 

 plane, the sixth interval does not quite reach the base, the seventh 

 reaches to only as far as the humeral callus, and the eighth and 

 ninth, which are of equal length, do not coalesce, and become 

 obliterated at about one-sixth of the length from the base ; 

 metasternum normal ; anterior tibiae tridentate. 



Length 5-5 J- mm. ; width 2 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Boksburg). 



Aphodius (? Ammoecius) brevitarsis, n. spec. 



Fuscous brown, shining, prothorax deeply infuscate, nearly black ; 

 head finely and closely punctate, punctures deeper in the posterior 

 part, somewhat evanescent in the anterior part of the clypeus, the 

 latter is broadly emarginate in front with the anterior angles 

 rounded, the genae are auriculate, but rounded laterally, the median 

 part of the clypeus is deeply impressed, and above the depression 

 there is a transverse, moderately distinct ridge, and a frontal, 

 slightly bi-sinuate one not very distinctly connected with the former 

 by a slightly raised line ; prothorax sub-parallel if viewed from above, 

 but a little attenuate laterally from the median to the basal part, 

 the outer sides and base are carinate, the base is hardly sinuate, and 

 it is covered with very closely set, deep punctures, which are, how- 

 ever, finer and less deep along the anterior margin ; elytra oblong, 

 very convex, deeply punctato-striate, with the intervals slightly 

 convex, except the first two dorsal ones, which are nearly plane,, 

 eighth and ninth striae of equal length and obliterated at a distance- 

 from the base corresponding to about one-fifth of the length, ninth 

 not merging into the marginal one ; legs brownish red or fuscous ; 

 anterior tibiae tri-dentate outwardly ; posterior tarsi a little shorter 

 than in the other South African species ; under side normal. 



Length 3-| mm. ; width If mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



Aphodius ditus, n. spec. 



Piceous red, with the head, the central part of the prothorax, and 

 the whole dorsal part of the elytra piceous black, glabrous, shining ; 

 clypeus very diagonal laterally from the outer apical part of the 

 genae, which project slightly above the eye, truncate, very slightly 

 emarginate in the centre, and with the outer angles distinct ; there 



