1896.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 371 



more sloping, giving thus the appearance of their being more 

 ampKated past the middle, costate, the costae highly carinate, the 

 intervals deeply punctato- striate, moderately convex, entirely 

 black, shining, without any trace of the white pubescent marginal 

 band as in A. Massilicata. 



In six examples, both sexes, the punctures on the prothorax and 

 those on the sides of the costse bear a moderately long black bristle, 

 and the under side is also pilose ; this peculiarity does not occur in 

 the other examples from the same locality. Length 40-43 mm. ; 

 width 8-10 mm. 



The habitat of this species seems to be restricted to the neighbour- 

 hood of Lourengo-Marquez and Rikatla, Mozambique. 



Anthia Burchelli, Hope, 



Anim. Kingd., xiv., p. 270, pi. 13, fig. 1. 



A. Peter si, Klug, Peters' Reise n. Mossamb., p. 151, pi. 8, fig. 4. 



Head very deeply impressed on each side between the eyes, with 

 the median part broadly raised and two transverse blunt ridges 

 behind, the posterior part of the head deeply and closely punctured, 

 neck smooth ; prothorax cordiform with the outer sides well rounded 

 in the broadest part, longitudinally impressed in the centre with 

 a narrow median groove, the anterior semicircular impression hardly 

 defined, median part of the prothorax denuded, very deeply and 

 closely punctured, the punctures setigerous, the outer sides with 

 a broad flavescent pubescent band ; elytra much elongated, with no 

 humeral angles, and gradually ampliated to past the middle where 

 they are nearly twice as broad as at the base, very convex, highly 

 costate, with the intervals and also the outer margin covered with a 

 short very dense yellow pubescence, sides of intervals with a series 



of punctures, bearing each a long, black seta. Length 42-50 mm. ; 



width 14-17 mm. 



Hob. Transvaal (Rustenburg), Mozambique (Rikatla), Zambezia 



(Salisbury). 



Anthia Anderssoni, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1861, ii., p. 564. 

 A. Westermanni, Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1883, p. 359. 



Head as in A. Burchelli, but not punctured behind; prothorax 

 with the median part of the outer sides subaculeate, the median 

 longitudinal groove and transverse subarcuated anterior depression 

 are identical, but entirely smooth, save for three or four small punc- 

 tures, it is piceous red and without yellow pubescent lateral patches ; 

 shape of elytra as in Burchelli, although a little more depressed in the 



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