390 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



SCARITES SENEGALENSIS, Dej., 



Spec. Col., i., p. 386. 



S. striatidens, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1855, i., p. 97. 



S. Patroclus, Murray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1857, p. 457. 



S. linearis, Bohem., Insect. Caffr., i., p. 116. 



S. superciliosus, Klug, Peters' Eeise n. Mossamb., p. 156, pi. viii., 



fig. 10. 

 ? S. morosus, Klug, Peters' Eeise n. Mossamb., p. 157. 



Very closely allied to S. cestuans, but larger ; head and prothorax 

 alike ; elytra a little less parallel in the female than in the male and 

 somewhat less convex, with the humeral tooth a little more produced 

 than in ;S^. cestuans, striate with the intervals moderately convex, the 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth narrower and more carinate than the 

 others, the eighth not reaching the base nor overhanging the outer 

 margin, which is broad and densely granulose, as is also the base, 

 the eighth and also the seventh intervals sometimes with a faint 

 granulation on each side of the striae, one puncture at the apex of 

 the second stria ; episterna of prosternum hardly granulose ; lateral 

 part of metasternum and abdomen slightly shagreened. Length 

 32-38 mm. ; width 9-11 mm. 



It is very difficult to distinguish small examples of this species 

 from S. cestuans, the main difference consisting, in these small 

 examples, in the total absence of the fine granulation along the striae. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Griqualand West). 



This species occurs also in Senegambia and on the West Coast 

 Africa. 



SCAEITES PEEPLEXUS, Dej., 



Spec. Col., i., p. 387. 

 S. cethiops, Chaud., Bull. Mosc, 1855, i., p. 96. 



Much smaller than the two preceding species ; head and prothorax 

 as in cestuans, lateral part nearly straight from anterior to posterior 

 angle, the granulation on the lateral posterior part very faint ; elytra 

 parallel, convex, humeral tooth moderately sharp, striate, intervals 

 slightly convex, the sixth and seventh with a very faint trace of 

 granulation above the stria, outer margin broad, densely granulose, 

 puncture at the apex of the second stria often indistinct, base slightly 

 granulose, intra-marginal interval obsolete in the anterior part ; 

 under side as in the two previous species ; anterior tibiae bidentate 

 above the digitation. Length 19-21 mm. ; width 6 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



