1896.] of the, Coleoptera of South Africa. 393' 



median part of the head, very sHghtly pHcate, genaB hardly pro- 

 jecting ; prothorax much broader than the head, one-third broader 

 than long, with anterior angles projecting, decreasing slightly from 

 the apex to the posterior angle which does not project much, the 

 median part of the base itself is not produced behind; the elytra 

 are narrower than the prothorax at the base, but are gradually 

 ampliated from the humeral angle to past the median part, where 

 they are as broad as the prothorax at its broadest part, they are 

 moderately convex, faintly striate in the disk, with the intervals 

 smooth, but the seventh and eighth striae are better defined and the 

 interval slightly convex, the outer margin is finely granulose from 

 round the humeral angle to the apex, and there are two deep 

 setigerous punctures in the posterior part of the third interval, which 

 are, however, missing altogether sometimes ; the anterior tibiae are 

 not dentate above the digitation, and the intermediate and posterior 

 ones are fringed with long brown hairs. Length 28-33 mm. ; width 

 9-11 mm, 



! Hab. Cape Colony (Cape Town, Koeberg, Eobben Island). 



. Generally found on the seashore, or at no great distance inland. 



SCAKITES DOGUERAUI, Gorg., 



Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1833, p. 207. ; 



Head as in S. rugosus, but with the anterior part and the frontaF 

 depressions much more plicate, the first joint of the antennae is 

 proportionately longer ; the prothorax has the same shape and the 

 same proportion of length to width ; the elytra have the same shape, 

 but they are more convex, deeply striate from base to apex, with the 

 intervals raised and the three outer ones almost carinate, the outer 

 margin is granulated from round the shoulder to the apex, the 

 humeral angle is small, and there is a faint trace of the two posterior 

 setigerous punctures on the third interval ; the anterior tibiae are 

 uni- or bi-dentate above the digitation, and the intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae are not much fringed with hairs. Length 35-38 mm. ' 

 width 12-1 2 J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Saldanha Bay, Darling). 



ScARiTES Natalensis, Bohem., 

 Insect. Caffr., i., p. 117. 

 S. angulifrons, Chaud., Monogr., loc. cit., p. 111. 



Black, shining ; head quadrate, with the anterior part and frontal 

 depressions conspicuously plicate ; genae projecting ; antennae long, 

 reaching the posterior angle, joints submoniliform ; prothorax nearly 

 twice as broad as long, widest in the anterior part, with the 



