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Show 252 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar. 20, broken, transverse band across the summit of the declivity, and some irregular mottling on the declivity itself; these markings are usually better defined in the d • Legs moderately long and stout, piceous or ferruginous, with fine pale pubescence, anterior tibia? slightly curved in the <$, less curved in the 2 • TYPE in the Stockholm Museum. N A T A L : Malvern (C. X. Barker & G. A. K. M.), Umkomaas R. (G. A. K. M.), Durban (J. P. Cregoe), Umbilo (H. W. Bell-Marley). The S may be readily distinguished from all its smaller allies by its very prominent gena?. The 2 is n°t unlike that of brevicollis, from which it may be recognised by its more prominent gena?, much less transverse thorax, and subpyriform elytra. 11. SCIOBIUS ONEILI, sp. nov. (Plate XVIII. fig. 5.) Long. 4A-5J, lat. 3-3$ m m. Head transverse, slightly convex, almost bare and with numerous fine longitudinal stria?; forehead not impressed ; eyes not prominent. Rostrum about as long as broad, arcuate at base, slightly narrowed anteriorly, gena? not dilated; upper surface plane, distinctly striolate and with three narrow carina?, the outer ones quite straight and parallel. Antennce rather short, piceous, with fine grey scaling ; scape broad, compressed, strongly curved and gradually dilated to apex ; funicle with third joint longer than first, terminal joints elongate and subcorneal. Prothorax strongly transverse, 24 times as broad as long, arcuate at base, apex narrower and truncate, sides slightly rounded, broadest near base; upper surface convex, closely and evenly set with depressed rounded granules, with a deep longitudinal impression on each side of the base; colour black, with very thin fine grey scaling, which is a little more dense underneath. Elytra very broadly ovate, jointly sinuate at base, obtusely rounded at apex, sides strongly rounded, broadest before middle ; upper surface convex, distinctly punctato-striate, the punctures continued to apex, the intervals of equal width, almost plane, quite smooth and finely alutaceous; colour black, with uniform thin grey scaling. Legs moderate, black, with fine grey scaling, the anterior tibia? straight. TYPE 2 in the British Museum. CAPE COLONY: Grahamstown ("on aniseed"-Father CXeil). The three examples upon which the description is founded appear to be all females. *12. SCIOBIUS GRANIPENNIS Boh. S. granipennis Boh. op. cit. vii. 1, p. 200 (1843). S. deplanatus Boh. 1. c. p. 201. Long. 4i-5f, lat. 3-3| mm. Head transverse, black, bare, distinctly and longitudinally plicate; forehead convex and without impressions; eyes moderately prominent. Rostrum a little longer than broad, sides subparallel; gena? scarcely dilated, bluntly angulate at apex, similar in the two sexes; upper surface plane, longitudinally plicate, with three |