1900.] Catalogue of the Colcojptcra of South Africa. 441 



co-types, there is above the carinate outer margin a row of deep 

 punctures not covered by the coating, and which is a httle overhung 

 by a shght, costate prominence ; abdomen briefly pubescent, pectus 

 not quite glabrous; anterior tibiae normally tri-dentate, the inner 

 lamina light testaceous as in S. sulcicollis. 



Male unknown. 



Length 7f mm. ; width 3|^ mm. 



Hah. Neighbourhood of the Orange Eiver (teste Boheman). This 

 species has been met with in Abyssinia and Somaliland. 



Gen. NOTOCAULUS, Quedenf., 

 Berl. Entom. Zeitschr., 1884, p. 285. 



Mentum transverse, slightly sinuate in front, a little pilose ; labial 

 palpi very short, maxillary palpi elongate, last joint elongato-ovate, 

 sub-truncate at tip ; eyes large, inferior part rounded, superior part a 

 little hidden by the prothorax ; antennae nine- jointed ; head large 

 and having on the vertex some tubercles transversely disposed, 

 frontal part briefly carinate longitudinally in the centre, median part 

 of clypeus and also the sides slightly concave, genae distinctly pro- 

 minent ; prothorax hardly longer than broad, narrowed and sinuate 

 in front, tri-costate on the disk and vv^ith the sides excavate and 

 reflexed on the upper part ; scutellum small, narrow, moderately 

 conspicuous ; elytra a little broader than the thorax and strongly 

 costate ; under side densely and roughly punctate, prosternum very 

 narrow and produced in a short carina in front of the coxae ; meso- 

 sternum finely carinate, metasternum slightly impressed, and mani- 

 festly canaliculate ; fore-legs short, base of femora dilated in a 

 strong angle ; tibiae bi-dentate at apex, apical spur short, cylindrical, 

 truncate. 



NoTOCAULUS AURicuLATUs, Quedenf., 

 Loc. cit., p. 287. 



*' Convex, ovate, opaque, ferruginous; head and pectus dark brown, 

 the former densely punctulate and having on the vertex four 

 tubercles disposed transversely, frontal part briefly carinate longi- 

 tudinally, clypeus excavate in front of the carina and also on the 

 sides ; prothorax equally punctured, the punctures being moderately 

 dense, sinuate and attenuate in front, transversely callous on each 

 side past the apex, tri-costate on the disk with the superior edge of 



