ITeMI'OKAIiY. I 



VJOih. Catidoiiiie of the Colcoptfra of So/it It Africa. 0()."i 



the transverse row; metasternuni, hardly impressed lou^itiuniuilly ; 

 basal intercoxal process of prosternuni st)'ongiy slophig, triangular 

 carinate all round anil grooved ti'ansversely along the lower part. 



LtMigth '2S-^n mm. : widtli il-13 nnn. 



Bohenian evidently saw female cxaniples only, judging from his 

 description, and from his type. The males seem to he much rarer, 

 and I have seen only two examples. There is little doubt that 

 lihizoplatiH amh'niHiis, Gerst., is identical with Boheman's R. castanrl- 

 IJOinia. 



Ilab. Transvaal (Johannesburg, Potchefstroom, Klerksdor]), 

 Lydenburg). I believe, but am not ([uite sure, that my male 

 example from Johannesburg was found in a Termite nest. 



