My friend Mr. George Lewis, who has made the Histeridse
his special study, has identified the specimens here enumerated.
Hister caffer, Erichs. Pretoria.
Hister fossor, Erichs. Pretoria.
Hister holtentotta, Erichs. Pretoria.
Hister ovatula, Mars. Pretoria.
Saprinus gabonensis, Mars. Pretoria.
Saprinus natalensis, Fabr. Pretoria.
Fam. D e rm e st id jE.
The universally distributed Dermestes vulpinus was found in
great abundance at Pretoria.
Dermestes vulpinus, Fabr. Pretoria.
ASthriostoma gloriosa, Fabr. Pretoria.
Attagenus, sp. ? Zoutpansberg.
S c A R A B jE I D . ® .
Fam. C o p r id jE .
The habits of the Copridse are so uniform in character that
little can be added to what has already been written on the
subject. They are mostly strong fliers, perhaps in length of
flight unequalled by any other Transvaalian Coleóptera, and
this particularly applies to the genera Scarabceus, Sebasteos, and
Gymnopleurus. The giant Heliocopris is scarce and fond of
elevated situations. The commonest species is Oniticellus
militaris, which may he found in almost every deposit of dung.
For the correct identification of several species I am much indebted
to the assistance of Mr. C. O. Waterhouse, of the British
Museum ; and I should not have ventured to describe the new
species of Bolboceras, but for tl;e help of my friend Mr. H. W.
Bates.
Scarabceus convexas, Hausm. Pretoria.
Scarabceus savignyi, McLeay. Pretoria.
Scarabceus nigroceneus, Boh. Pretoria.
Scarabceus hottentottus, McLeay. Pretoria.
Scarabceus bohemani, Harold. Pretoria.
Scarabceus interstitialis, Boh.
Sebasteos galenus, Westw.
Gymnopleurus wahlbergi, Fahr.
Gymnopleurus ccelatus, Wied.
Gymnopleurus, sp. ?
Coptorhina lelugii, Hope.
Heliocopris hamadryas, Fabr.
Catharsius, sp. ?
Copris fidius, Oliv.
Copris contractus, Boh.
Onitis caffer, Boh.
Onitis, sp. ?
Phalops flavocinctus, Klug.
Onthophagus gazella, Fabr.
Onthophagus, spp. ?
Oniticellus militaris, Casteln.
Aphodius lividus, Oliv.
Aphodius, spp. ?
Hybosorus arator, Illig.
Bolboceras batesii, sp. n.
Trox, sp. ?
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Description.
Bolboceras batesii, sp. n. (Tab. % fig. 5.)
Castaneous ; antennæ ochraceous. Clypeus almost black, very
thickly and coarsely punctate, with a short dentiform prominence
or tubercle at the centre of the anterior margin, a
similar tubercle on each lateral margin at its narrowing angle,
and two tubercles side by side, on the middle of the forehead •
posterior margin of the head narrowly ochraceous. Thorax
moderately thickly punctate, with four obscure and obtuse
bosses on its anterior slope, its posterior angles strongly
rounded and prominent. Scutellum thickly and somewhat
finely punctate, its margins narrowly blackish. Elytra longitudinally
striate, the striations roughly punctate ; median suture
and extreme outer margin somewhat blackish. Legs beneath
and margins of body strongly and ochraceously hirsute, with a
prominent tuft at base of antennæ.
Long. 13 millim., lat. 9^.