404 Descriptive Catalogue [1896. 



Gen. SCOLYPTUS, Putz., 

 Memoir. Acad. Sc. d. Liege, xviii., 1863 ; Postscr. ad Clivinid, Mono- 

 graph, 1863, p. 21. 



Mentum quadrate ; outer side of lateral lobes straight, upper 

 margin truncate, with a slight sinuation in the inner angle which is 

 slightly dentate, inner part of the lobes perpendicular, median part 

 filled by a broad obtuse tooth nearly as long as the lateral lobes ; 

 ligula very broad, subquadrate, with the apical angles slightly 

 rounded, horny, with a narrow median part more corneous, and sur- 

 mounted by two diverging setae not set close to one another ; para- 

 glossas lanciform, short, diverging from the base of the ligula, and 

 about one-half shorter ; maxillae falcate at the tip, third joint of labial 

 palpi slender, and nearly twice as long as the ultimate one which is 

 acutely fusiform, second joint of maxillary palpi much swollen, the 

 apical one of the same shape as the labial ; antennae not long, the 

 first joint shorter than the two following, the others moniliform, the 

 last one ovate ; head quadrate, with two long setae at the back of the 

 eye ; mandibles very long, falcate ; prothorax elongato-quadrate ; elytra 

 cylindrical, eighth interval carinate, overhanging the outer margin ; 

 anterior tibiae quadri- digitate, intermediate ones dilated and with a 

 long post-median tooth. 



ScOLYPTUS MERIDIONALIS. 



Eeddish brown ; head with a well-developed lateral lamina reaching 

 from the labrum to above the eye, incised near the labrum ; labrum 

 short, slightly bisinuate ; head slightly punctulate in the anterior 

 part, with a narrow median depression and a slightly deeper lateral 

 one on each side ; epistoma circular, with the apical part of the head 

 projecting in a semicircle ; prothorax elongato-quadrate, a little 

 broader across the posterior angles than at the apex, with the outer 

 sides slightly sinuate in the anterior part, posterior angles not much 

 produced, lateral part of the base subdiagonal, median part truncate, 

 slightly convex on the disk, smooth, shining, and with a narrow 

 median groove ; elytra cylindrical, truncate at the base, and with a 

 moderately sharp humeral angle, narrowly punctato-striate, with the 

 eighth interval very narrow and carinate, outer margin broad with a 

 regular series of broad punctures, on the third interval four deep 

 setigerous equidistant punctures, sub-basal, median, post-median, 

 and supra-apical. Length 12 mm. ; width 2^ mm. 



Hah. Natal (D'Urban). 



Gen. BOHEMANIA, Putz., 

 Postscr. ad Clivinid. Monogr., 1863, p. 17. 

 Mentum subquadrate, a little broader at the base than at the apex, 



