622 Transactions South African Philosophical Society, [vol. xiii. 



Length 8-10|- mm. 



In the $ the spur of the anterior tibiae is slightly dilated and 

 truncate at tip, in the $ it is produced into a tooth directed 

 inwards. 



Hab. Mozambique (Delagoa Bay)." 



Onthophagus (Pkoagod.) dives, Har. 

 Mitth. Munch. Ent. Ver., i., p. 98. 



0. deyrollei, Baffr., Eev. and Mag. Zool., 1877, p. 315, pi. i., fig. 1. 

 0. optivus, Per., Cat. i., p. 255. 



Recorded originally from Nyassaland; occurs in German and 

 British Central Africa. I have received it from Mozambique 

 (Beira), and also from North- Western Rhodesia (Kafue River, and 

 Feira). 



Onthophagus (Proagod.) unldens, Quedenf. 

 Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., vi., 1892, p. 29. 

 0. suspectus, Pering., Catal. i., p. 254. 

 This species was originally described from Angola. 



Onthophagus (Proagod.) gemmatus, Per., Cat. i., p. 256. 



0. iricolor, d'Orb., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1902, p. 298. 



This synonymy is indicated by d'Orbigny. His specimens came 

 from Tanganyika. I have recorded this species from North- Western 

 Rhodesia (Kafue River). 



Onthophagus (Proagod.) alcyon, Klug, Cat. i., p. 193. 

 Recorded from German East Africa. 



Onthophagus (Proagod.) bicallosus, Klug, Cat. i., p. 252. 

 Recorded from British East Africa. 



Onthophagus (Proagod.) marginidens, d'Orbign. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xlviii., 1904, p. 220. 



" Shiny, head and prothorax metallic green ; elytra red, testaceous 

 with a green sheen, pygidium green, antennal club testaceous; upper 

 side glabrous, anterior part and sides of prothorax, sides, and apex 

 of elytra and pygidium briefly pallid pubescent ; head entirely 

 granulate ; clypeus produced in the centre into a tooth, and 



