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punctured striae, the punctuation beyond these being quite irregular 

 and confused, and becoming distinctly shallower towards the extreme 

 margins ; interval 6 with a complete row of numerous small conical 

 tubercles ; intervals 2 and 4 costate close to the base and then with 

 a row of tubercles which gradually increase posteriorly and are more 

 or less conglomerated so as to form a conspicuous cristate ridge, the 

 tubercle at the top of the declivity on interval 4 being niuch larger 

 than the others ; interval 3 forming a straight low costa. Legs 

 variegated with grey and brown scaling; posterior tarsi rather 

 thicker, joint 1 not longer than 2, the latter IJ times as long as 

 broad. 



Cape Colony. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Nearly allied to-B. apicalis, Boh., from which it is distinguished by 

 the more regular striation on the disk, the greater elevation of the 

 intervals and the much greater development of the posterior tubercles 

 which causes the declivity to seem more abrupt. I have seen three 

 examples only (all in the Brit. Mus.), and it seems probable that with 

 a longer series it will be impossible to separate the species from 

 apicalis. 



3. Btesops westermanni, Boh. 



B. westermanni, Boh., Schonh. I.e. p. 397 (1842). 



Long. 6i-7i ; lat 3f-4i mm. 



Colour grey, with a large quadrate sutural brown patch on the 

 elytra. 



Head almost plane, without carinse, the punctures obsolete and 

 hidden by the scaling. Bostrum smooth, without apparent punc- 

 tuation or caringe, the dorsal margins rounded. Prothorax dorsally 

 about as broad as long, the sides evidently rounded, broadest rather 

 behind middle, apex and base of equal width, the ocular lobes not 

 dilated apically ; upper surface convex, almost smooth, without any 

 sulcus or anterior foveae but with merely a faint trace of obsolescent 

 granules beneath the scaling, the apical transverse impression almost 

 evanescent. Elytra short ovate, shoulders slightly oblique, sides 

 scarcely ampliated, the apical declivity rounded dorsally ; upper 

 surface convex, with broad sulci containing regular rows of large 

 shallow punctures, the inflexed margins scarcely sulcate but with 

 regular row of punctures ; the dorsal intervals all narrowly carinate, 

 2, 4, and 6 set with small tubercles behind middle, 5 with a 

 short humeral carina. Legs with dense grey scaling and scattered 

 setae ; tarsi moderately stout, posterior pair with joint 1 not longer 

 than 2, the latter 1| times as long as broad. 



