108 M. L. Peringuey's Fourth Contribution [ March 30, 



deeper brown, each one with fair briefly setulose costae, the third one, 

 near the outer margin not Yery well defined, the interstices very 

 deeply and closely punctured ; underside infuscated, legs yellowish-- 

 red. 



Smaller and shorter than *S'. sulca/us, Gory, with the costae of the 

 elytra not so much raised. 



Cape Colony (neighbourhood of Cape Town). 



S. ALGOENS1S. 



Ftdvus, sub-nitidus, prothoracis lateribus, elytrisque flavo-testaceis r 

 his quadi-costatis, in dor so nigro macidatis. 

 Long, 4, lat. 3 mm . 



Fulvous, moderately shining ; head and prothorax punctulated r 

 slightly pubescent, lateral part of the labrum bi-sinuated, broadly 

 incised in front ; prothorax convex, lateral sides testaceous ; elytra 

 yellowish, briefly pubescent, each one with four setulose costae, the 

 first one, near the suture is the most raised of the three, the fourth 

 one is not much defined, there is besides a few irregularly arranged, 

 small, black spots ; legs and tarsi testaceous red. 



As convex as S. capicola, but of a deeper colour ; the costae of the 

 elytra are more raised, and the elytra are not tessellated with brown. 



S. capicola and S. algoensis are very different from S. australis 

 the elytra of which has no alternate raised costae. 



Delagoa Bay. 



Family : PAUSSIDJE. 



Gen. Paussus. Linn. 



P. FALL AX. 



Oblongus, castaneus, breviter pubescens ; fronte cornu brevi 

 armaia, antenna-rum clava ovali, ad apicem. constricta acuteque pro- 

 ducta, basi longe spinosa, extus canaliculata ; prothorace bi-partito, 

 parte antica carina elevata. postica in medio valde depressa, quadri- 

 tuberculata : elytris profunde punctatis ; femoribus clavatis, tibiis 

 anticis curvatis. 



Long. 5, lat. lf-2 mm . 



Oblong, chesnut, slightly pubescent ; vertex of the head produced 

 in a short, conical tubercle, slightly directed forward, club of anteume 



