418 Tjxmsactions South African Philosophical Society, [vol. xii. 



sternum vaguely punctate in centre, apical spur somewhat shorter 

 than the basal joint. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope." 



Aphodius lineatosulcatus, Har., - 

 Berl. Entom. Zeitschr., 1859, p. 216. 



" Reddish, shining, moderately depressed, head punctulate, clypeus 

 •emarginate ; prothorax red, densely and evenly punctured, base 

 marginate ; elytra with raised lines, intervals narrow, strongly 

 convex and rufescent ; palpi, antennae, and legs brick-red. 



Length 2 lin. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope." 



Aphodius principalis, Har., 

 Berl. Entom. Zeitschr., 1861, p. 100. 



" Piceous red, sides of prothorax and elytra testaceous red ; head 

 punctate, uni-tuberculate, clypeus strongly refiexed, sides of protho- 

 rax and also the base unevenly but closely punctate ; scutellum 

 punctate, piceous red ; elytra punctato-striate, intervals convex in 

 front, moderately convex behind, densely punctate, first juxta- 

 sutural interval carinate. Palpi, antennse, and legs testaceous red. 



Length 5f-6 lin. , 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope." 



Aphodius buxeipennis, Har., 

 Berl. Entom. Zeitschr., 1862, p. 381. 



" Convex, shining, piceous or obscurely piceous red, anterior 

 angles of prothorax and sometimes the sides rufescent ; elytra 

 testaceous, with the suture infuscate ; head densely punctate, 

 irontal suture moderately raised, not tuberculate, clypeus sub- 

 truncate, genge prominent ; prothorax finely punctate with the 

 punctures stronger on the sides, base marginate ; scutellum punctate 

 at base ; elytra finely punctato-striate, intervals plane, smooth ; 

 palpi and antennae testaceous red ; under side and legs chestnut 

 brown, posterior femora testaceous red, dilated, basal joint of hind 

 tarsi shorter than the spurs, mesosternum non-carinate. 



Length 5^ mm. 



Hab. Cape of Good Hope." 



