1900.] CataJoijue uf the Colcoptera of South Africa. 505 



but obliterated in the posterioi- part, fourth feebly indicated l)y some 

 punctures in the anterior part only ; nietasternum impressed and 

 with a median, longitudinal line. 



Male unknown. 



Length 9 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland. 



Distinguished from the female of O. zambesiaiins by the more 

 deeply and closely punctate prothorax, and the. more distinctly 

 impressed supra-basal part. 



Gen. OCHOD^EUS, Lepell and Serv., 



Encycl. M6th., x., 1825, p. 360. 



Mentum rounded laterally, attenuate in front, emarginate at tip ; 

 ligula membranous, bi-lobate, projecting beyond the mentum ; last joint 

 of labial palpi smaller than the second ; maxillae robust, apical lobe 

 sub-triangular, strongly ciliate, inner lobe with a long process hooked 

 inwardly, last joint of maxillary palpi long, sub-cylindrical, truncate 

 at tip ; mandibles semicircular, compressed, acute at tip, and slightly 

 bi-dentate inwardly; labrum long, strongly emarginate at tip ; clypeus 

 sub-circular and with the margin carinate, eyes large, not divided by 

 the canthus of the genae, antennte ten-jointed, club large, lenticular ; 

 head simple ; prothorax also simple, convex, a little ampliate laterally 

 and marginate all round ; scutellum ogival, depressed ; elytra oblong, 

 convex, punctato-striate ; pygidium sub-triangular, partly covered liy 

 the elytra; abdominal segments partly soldered, and of nearly 

 equal width in the middle, except the last one ; intermediate and 

 posterior coxae nearly contiguous, also lamelliform, but not as 

 strongly developed as in Oiyhnus ; metasternum not produced 

 between the intermediate coxae ; legs robust, anterior tibias tri- 

 dentate outwardly, but with the basal tooth much smaller than the 

 other two, very oblique inwardly and provided with a very long 

 apical spur, inner angle very sharp in the male ; anterior tarsi very 

 slender, claws wide apart and also very slender ; intermediate and pos- 

 terior tibiae bi-carinate on the upper side, and bristly, but not serrate, 

 apical spurs set in the inner angle, long, and not equal in length. 



OCHODiEUS CAPICOLA, n. SpCC. 



Testaceous red, briefly but densely pubescent ; head roughly and 

 closely punctate ; antennae flavescent ; prothorax covered with 

 closely set, triangular granules, it is distinctly emarginate all round. 



