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Show 268 MR. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON THE [Mar. 20 31. SCIOBIUS PANZANUS, sp. nov. (Plate XIX. fig. 4.) Long. 8|-94, kt. 3-3f m m. Head transverse, almost plane above, finely rugose, and with thin scaling which is denser round the eyes; forehead without impressions ; eyes rather prominent. Rostrum longer than broad, basal margin sharply angulated, sides faintly sinuate before middle, gena? rounded and scarcely dilated ; upper surface plane, finely rugose, distinctly tricarinate, the outer carina' straight and parallel. Antennce moderate, piceous, with fine grey pubescence ; scape not compressed, moderately stout, strongly curved beyond middle and subclavate beyond the curve ; funicle with the first and third joints subequal. Prothorax rather broader than long, subcylindrical, truncate at base and apex and only a little narrower anteriorly ; sides slightly rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface convex, set with small scattered granules and without any impressions; colour black, with fine greyish scaling which is denser laterally. Elytra regularly oval, truncate at base, rounded posteriorly, sides rounded, broadest about middle ; upper surface convex and steeply declivous behind, with distinct striae containing rows of large deep punctures which are fainter on the declivity ; the intervals slightly convex, of equal width, smooth and minutely aciculate ; colour black, with fine greyish scaling which is slightly denser laterally and apically, and with a denser transverse band across the summit of the declivity. Legs blackish, with rather dense grey pubescence; the anterior tibia? straight externally and only slightly curved internally in the $ . T Y P E <3 in the British Museum. N A T A L : Umpanzi B. in Umvoti County (C. X. Barker). *32. SCIOBIUS SCHONLANDI, sp. nov. (Plate XIX. fig. 6.) Long. 5, lat. 24 m m. Head moderately transverse, convex, bare except for a few pale scales round the eyes, forehead very finely striolate and without impressions ; eyes convex but not prominent. Rostrum a little longer than broad, basal margin arcuate, sides straight and narrowing slightly from base to apex, gena? not dilated ; upper surface plane, finely rugulose, narrowly carinate, the outer carina' parallel to quite near apex and there rapidly diverging. Antennce moderate, piceous brown with fine grey pubescence ; scape sub-compressed, but slender, rather sharply curved and clavate; funicle with the first and third joints subequal. Prothorax strongly transverse, slightly arcuate at base, truncate and distinctly narrower at apex, sides moderately rounded, broadest rather behind middle; upper surface convex, with close and fine confluent punctuation throughout, without any lateral impressions but with a shallow impressed transverse line close to apex ; colour black, bare. Elytra broadly ovate, slightly sinuate at base. acuminate apically, sides strongly rounded, broadest much before middle; upper surface very convex, but rather gradually declivous |