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posterior part very slanting from the humeral angle to the median 

 part of the base which is truncate and not produced behind ; el}i;ra 

 narrower at the base than past the media.n part, which is as broad 

 as the prothorax at its widest, convex, striate, w^ith the first four 

 intervals a little convex, but oftener plane, and the sixth and seventh 

 more raised than the others, the seventh subcarinate near the base 

 and overhanging the eighth, which does not reach the humeral angle, 

 the outer margin and the base are very faintly granulose, and on 

 the posterior part of the third interval are two setigerous punctures ; 

 the anterior tibiae are tridentate above the digitation. Length 

 29-31 mm. ; width 9-10 mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Potchefstroom, Waterberg). 



SCAEITES EXARATUS, Dej., 



Spec. Col., i., p. 373. 



Black, shining ; the whole of the anterior part of the head, 

 including the space between the two impressions, closely plicate ; 

 the shape of the head and prothorax is the same as in S. ritgosus ; 

 the elytra have also the same shape, but they are very distinctly 

 striate, and the eighth interval, which does not reach the base, is 

 carinate, and the seventh convex, the outer margin is densely 

 granulose and the granulation extends round the shoulder, two 

 setigerous punctures on the posterior part of the third stria ; anterior 

 tibiae bidentate before the digitation. Length 28 mm. ; width 9 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Nolloth). 



ScAEiTES Herbsti, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., i., p. 372. 

 S. Polyphemus, Herbst, Col., p. 254, pi. 175, fig. 3. 



Facies of S. Natalensis, but elytra more narrowed at the base ; 

 head densely plicate in the anterior part and in the frontal depres- 

 sions which are not very deep, genae projecting very much ; pro- 

 thorax of the same shape as Natalensis ; elytra narrowed at the 

 base, ampliated at about one-fourth of the length, convex, distinctly 

 striate, with the first four intervals slightly convex, and the other 

 four subcarinate, outer margin narrow, granulose, with a faint 

 trace of seriated broad punctures, the eighth interval becomes 

 somewhat indistinct from the median part to the apex, and the third 

 one has four distinct setigerous punctures nearly equidistant, the 

 first one is situated above the median part ; anterior tibiae tridentate 

 above the digitation. Length 28-36 mm. ; width 9-11 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Kowie Eiver). 



