1898.] of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 343 



Hah. Zambesia (Buluwayo, Enkeldoorn). 



I have seen an example in which the two dots have coalesced 

 with the apex of the juxta-sutural band, somewhat as in P. marshalli, 

 but the transverse line thus produced is not like the patches in 

 Marshalli, from which the present species is easily distinguished by 

 the position of the anterior longitudinal bands which are juxta- 

 sutural, not sutural ; the apical patch is also longer. 



Anthia kho'ina. 



This species stands to A. maxillosa in the same position as A. 

 .cinctipennis does to A. pachyoma. It is distinguished by the much 

 more convex elytra which are more ovate and have no supra- 

 humeral protuberance whatever in the female, and a hardly denned 

 one in the male ; it seems also to be constantly of smaller size, for 

 although I have now seen a good series I have not met with examples 

 •of huge size, such as some P. maxillosa received from the north- 

 western part of the Colony, where A. kho'ina also occurs, and which 

 are as large as A. algoa. (This species must now be considered 

 as a varietal form of P. maxillosa.) There can be little doubt, 

 judging from the figures of Thunberg and Olivier, that the present 

 species is not the one figured under the name of A. maxillosa. 

 Length 35-45 mm. ; width 12-16 mm. 



Seems restricted to the western part of the Karroo (Fraserburg, 

 Worcester), Namaqualand (Concordia, Garies), and the north- 

 western part of the Colony (Calvinia, Pella, Bushmanland), in what 

 used to be known under the name of Hottentot and Bushmanlands. 



Tribe SCAKITINI. 



Gen. SCAEITES, 



Catal., p. 388. 



SCARITES PB^VIUS. 



Head and prothorax as in S. molossus ; the elytra, however, are 

 not quite so ovate, owing to the humeral carina being less sloping ; 

 they are distinctly striate, with the intervals slightly convex and the 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth somewhat carinate, the eighth one does 

 not reach the base, but is nearer to it than in S. molossus, and the 

 two punctures on the third interval are similar, but instead of the 



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