1896.] of the Coleojotera of South Africa. 405 



slightly sinuose laterally, lateral lobes a little rounded outwardly, 

 truncate diagonally towards the inner part, which is shallow and 

 perpendicular, median part filled with a broad triangular tooth a 

 little shorter than the inner part of the lateral lobes; ligula very 

 slender, and bearing four long setae at the tip ; paraglossse longer 

 than the ligula, equally slender and curving inward; maxillary palpi 

 thick, apical one of both maxillary and labial fusiform ; maxillae lobate 

 at the tip ; head broad, quadrate, eyes prominent, basal joint of 

 antennae nearly as long as the two following, the others moniliform, 

 the apical one elongato-ovate ; prothorax quadrate, elytra cylindrical, 

 punctato-striate ; anterior tibiae with three long digits, and a well- 

 defined tooth above it, intermediate, more or less sinuate above the 

 apical spur. 



Synopsis- of Species. 



Body large, robust, black ; intermediate tibiae strongly sinuate 

 above the apical spur, which is very long gigantea. 



Body slender, brown ; intermediate tibise hardly sinuate above 

 the apical spur, which is very small tninor. 



BOHEMANIA GIGANTEA, Bohem., 



Insect. Caffr., i., p. 121. 



Black, shining ; head plicate laterally, the fold near the eye 

 reaching beyond it, central part with a short groove, the horizontal 

 lamina in front of the eye very much developed and incised at the 

 junction with the epistoma ; labrum ernarginate, fringed with 

 yellowish setae, and with three setigerous marginal punctures on 

 each side ; prothorax quadrate, sinuate in the anterior part, straight 

 laterally from the apical to the posterior angle, truncate behind above 

 the median part of the base, which is produced behind, smooth, 

 shining, median groove very distinct ; elytra slightly broader than 

 the prothorax, cylindrical, truncate at the base, with the humeral 

 angle distinct, punctato-striate, with the six first intervals broad and 

 slightly convex, the seventh and eighth carinate towards the base 

 and reaching the humeral angle, one puncture in the median part of 

 the third interval, another one in the posterior part, and one between 

 at equal distance from the two, outer margin broad, and with a series 

 of punctures, the walls of which are slightly granulose ; anterior 

 tibiae with a conspicuous tooth above the digitation, intermediate ones 

 dilated, the outer margin sinuate above the apical spur, which is 

 long ; both intermediate and posterior legs densely ciliated with 

 brown bristles. Length 20 mm. ; width 5 J mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Leydenburg). 



BOHEMANIA MINCE. 



The description of B. gigajitea applies also to this species. It is. 



