1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 27 



Gen. Catharsius. Hope. 



106. C. insignis. spec. nov. 



Convexus, nigro-piceus, ?iitidus, capite parteque antica prothoracis 

 transverse aciculatis, subtus dense fulvo-pilo sis. 



Mas. capite cornu elongato, compresso porrectoque armato; prothorace 

 antice truncato, carina media elevata, in medio leviter emarginata, 

 lateraliter utrinque dentata atque spina longa, compressa, retrorsum 

 ducta, instruto. 



Femina : capite prope medium carina edentata armato prothoraceque 

 leviter transverse carinato. 



Long. 34—39. Lat. 20— 22 mm - 



Allied to C. platycerus, Klug which it much resembles. The head 

 of the male is provided with a long, nearly upright horn much longer 

 than in C. platycerus ; the median transverse ridge of the prothorax 

 is not so declivous in front, the upper margin is more sinuated, incised 

 in the centre, and the lateral angle forms a sharp conical protuberance 

 prolonged in a long, sharp, flattened tooth directed backwards and 

 overlapping the humeral angle of the elytra ; the striation, convexity 

 and texture of the elytra is the same as in platycerus ; the underside 

 is fulvo-villose, and the first and second articulations of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior tarsi very broad and dilated. 



The female differs from the male in the total absence of cephalic 

 horn, which is replaced by a very little raised, transverse ridge ; the 

 ridge on the prothorax is hardly defined and faintly sinuated. 



107. C. melancholicus. Bohem. 

 Recorded from Damaraland. 



Gen. Copris. Geoffr. 



108. C. Orion. Klug. 



„ from Natal, Transvaal, Limpopo, Zambeze. 



109. C. latifrons. Harold. 



Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, Zambeze. 



110. C. cephalotes. spec. nov. 



Niger, sub-nitidus ; capite lato, elypeo in medio ' exciso acutequc 

 bi-dentato, fronte cornu brevi acuto armata ; prothorace sub-granulato, 



