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6. Brotheus ceenelatus, sp. nov. 

 Plate VI., fig. 12. 



Long. 3|-5J ; lat. 2^-4: mm. 



Colom- dull black, thorax with the basal two-thirds more or less 

 red or yellow ; setae practically absent. 



Head rather shiny, with a few large punctures, forehead with a 

 transverse furrow. Prothorax transverse, its sides rounded, con- 

 stricted near apex and somewhat narrowed basally, the base 

 subtruncate ; upper surface rugose, with a subangulated marginal 

 carina, a large shallow impression on each side of the base and two 

 large impressions at apex which are only separated by a narrow 

 carina ; sides with large confluent punctures. Elytra subquadrate, 

 the basal margin subtruncate, not broader than the base of the 

 prothorax, shoulders prominent and roundly dilated, the sides 

 slightly narrowed posteriorly, the declivity moderately steep and 

 rounded dorsally ; upper surface convex, with regular rows of 

 distant shallow punctures, interval 2 with a high crenelated carina 

 running parallel with the suture from near base to the top of the 

 declivity, interval 3 with an oblique basal carina, 4 with an isolated 

 tubercle just before middle and 6 with a crenelated lateral carina 

 from the shoulder to the declivity but ceasing some distance from 

 the apex. Legs black, bare, with rather long black setae on the 

 under sides ; inner angle of tibiae with a long curved spur, outer 

 angle slightly produced ; tarsi comparatively slender. 



Cape Colony : Cape Flats {J. H. Brady), Rondebosch (L. 

 Peringuey) . 



Type in the British Museum. 



Allied to planus, Thb., from which it differs in its transverse and 

 laterally rugose thorax, its dilated shoulders and crenelated elytral 

 margins. 



7. Brotheus planus, Thb. 

 B r achy cer us planus, Thb., Nov. Act. Ups., vi., p. 35 (1799). 

 Byr sops planus, Schonh., Gen. Cure, ii., p. 413. 



Long. 5 ; lat. 3J- mm. 



Colour reddish brown, without markings. 



Head almost plane and without perceptible sculpturing. Pro- 

 thorax as long as broad, its sides rounded, broadest about middle, 

 scarcely constricted near apex, the base subtruncate ; upper 

 surface almost plane, with a large and very deep impression near 

 apex divided by a low median carina, the posterior half coarsely 

 punctured in the middle and smooth laterally ; inflexed sides smooth 



