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high, but obtuse, embracing the three innermost interstices; margin 
to behind the middle, irregularly — especially posteriorly — widened 
inside, a posterior band a little behind it, and the apex widely, black. 
Pygidium strongly punctate-rugose, ochreous-fulvous or flavous. Pectus 
strongly rugose, with the sides widely black. Abdomen coarsely punc¬ 
tate, uniformly ochreous- fulvous or flavous. Legs ochraceous-flavous ; 
femora strongly punctate at their apical third, with a subannular black 
macula above the apex, larger on the posterior, very small on the 
anterior. 
Apoderus spiculosus, Jekel. 
Ferrugineus , supra tomenlo opaco saluratiore tectus ; thorace tuberculis 
duobus conicis concoloribus ; elytris spinis duodecim extrorsum 
nigricantibus instructis; capite planalo , obsolete canaliculato et 
nigro-lineato ; thorace inaqua li, deplanato , medio interrupte cana¬ 
liculato ; scutello unicolori , inermi; elytris obsolete punctato- 
striatis, femoribus ante-apicem obsolete nigro-annulatis. 
Long, tota 5 mill.; rostr. cap. 1 ; thor. 1^; elytr. 3 mill. Lat. 
rostr. ^ ; cap. T 8 g ; thor. bas. 1 T 3 5 ; elytr. 2^ mill. Variat cana- 
licula vittisque duabus capitis obsoletissime nigricantibus. 
Patria : Natal. D. Stevens. Mus. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
Allied to Apod, spinosus and horridus. Rostrum transverse, very 
short, broad, contiguous to the head, truncate at the apex, hardly raised 
above the insertion of the antennae, the space between them relatively 
very large, punctate-subgranulate. Antennae rufous, club ample. Head 
broad, subconical, subplanate, subeven on the forehead with the rostrum ; 
an obsolete channel, two narrow supra-lateral and two broad infra-lateral 
lines black. Thorax rather flattened and unequal ; sides rounded ; 
posterior striga very broad, right, subangularly elevated on each side of 
the base; interruptedly canaliculate, the channel deeper and blackish 
posteriorly; two dorsal coneolorous tubercles, large, conically mammi¬ 
form ; sides underneath with two black lines more or less circumscribed, 
one infra-lateral, the other close to the anterior coxae ; more slightly and 
finely punctate-granulate than the head. Scutellum flatlish, subinerm, 
or rather showing each side posteriorly a very small subtuberiform con- 
colorous elevation. Elytra obliquely impressed near the suture behind 
