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and third short, equal, terminal joints thickened ; thorax more 
than twice as broad as long, widened at the middle, narrowed in 
front, the sides nearly straight, anterior angles obliquely thickened, 
the disc convex, rather closely and finely punctured, the margins 
and the sides nearly impunctate ; scutellum small, impunctate ; 
elytra with closely-approached irregular rows of punctures which 
are a little stronger than those of the thorax, the space in front of 
the lateral margins impunctate; legs piceous or black, tarsi obscure 
fulvous. 
Hah. Natal. 
Evidently allied to S. lateritia, Dahl, but with tbe an- 
tennae much shorter and the punctuation very distinct, not 
obsolete; tbe piceous colour of the thorax is not well 
defined, and is only visible near the base. That of the 
elytra, however, forms a broad longitudinal sutural band 
of ovate shape, extending outwards as far as the middle 
of the elytra, and downwards to two-thirds their length. 
In the variety the piceous colour is entirely absent. 
Aphthonci natalensis, sp. n. 
Black, the head, thorax, and the tibiae more or less fulvous; 
thorax finely but not closely punctured ; elytra black, opaque, 
rugose-punctate. Length, 1 line. 
Head impunctate, fulvous, the frontal tubercles broadly trans- 
verse, carina short and broad, labrum black as well as the palpi; 
antennae rather robust, scarcely extending to the middle of the 
elytra, black, the lower four joints pale fulvous, the second and 
third joints short, equal, the following joints rather strongly 
triangularly widened : thorax twice as broad as long, of equal 
width, the lateral and posterior margins rounded, anterior angles 
not produced, the surface extremely finely punctured and minutel}' 
granulate, the punctures not very closely placed, fulvous; scutellum 
black ; elytra rather broad and flat, very closely and rather strongly 
punctured, black, opaque, the interstices finely wrinkled; underside 
and the femora black, tibise and tarsi fulvous, the anterior tibiae 
without, the posterior one with, a long spine, the first joint of the 
posterior tarsi as long as the following two joints together, claw- 
joint black. g 
Hah, Natal. 
Sehasthe natalensisj sp. n. 
Black, the lower joints of the antennae, the head, thorax and 
the tibiae partly, fulvous, elytra metallic dark violaceous, finely 
punctured. Length, 1^ line. 
