1902.] Catalogue of the Coleoptcra of South Africa. 721 



Elytra black, sub-costate, and having on each 

 side two bands of greyish elongated scales ; 

 pygidium scaly but with two large round 

 denuded patches; hind femora and tibite 

 simple, slender )tuhilu!^. 



b'. Hind claws double, 

 c^. Trochanters spinose. 



Elytra chestnut-red and having three lines of 

 round white scales on each side ; pygidial part 

 scaly ; hind femora simple, hind tibise grooved, 

 the groove sharply carinate and dentate on each 

 side near the knee, inner mucro long, somewhat 

 curved fraudnlentus. 



c'. Trochanters not spinose. 



Body red ; elytra scaly but with a denuded 



patch on each side in the posterior part ; hind 



femora angular near the knee ; hind tibite 



hollowed and dentate on each side underneath 



near the base, apical mucro strong and curved . . ><erripes. 



A'. Clypeus bi-dentate in front and having a sharp lateral tooth. 



B^ Hind tibiae with an apical spur. 

 a^. Hind claw double. 



Prothorax clothed with a black villose pubescence, 

 scutellum, elytra, and abdomen covered with deep 

 orange-red scales, pygidium without scales dissidens. 



a'. Hind claw simple. 



Prothorax with a thick, dense, yellow pubescence, 

 elytra, pygidial part, and abdomen covered with con- 

 tiguous deep yellow scales ; hind legs conspicuously 

 villose outwardly only controversiis. 



B'. Hind tibiae without apical spur. 



Prothorax with five bands of greyish squamose hairs, 



elytra with two bands of greyish scales vittiferus. 



Second Division. 



Anterior tibiae quadri-dentate outwardly (Ischnochelus). 



A-. Elytra bi-costulate on each side. 



Intervals of elytra and posterior margin filled with round scales, 

 pygidial part scaly in the male ; basal tooth of anterior tibise as 

 long as the other three ; clypeus not dentate in the centre : 



Prothorax with broad, scattered punctures siilcatun. 



Prothorax closely and finely punctured prcestahilis. 



46 



