1902.] Catalogue of the Colcoptcra of South Africa. 821 



From Mr. v. Winthem. Quite similar to P. mclanurus, but the 

 punctures are more closely set, smaller, and the hairs are more 

 grey ; elytra and legs quite brown, the first are clothed with 

 appressed hairs and are more closely punctured ; hind part of the 

 body clothed with small, nearly contiguous yellowish grey scales ; 

 pectus with white hairs." 



" Anterior tibia, tri-dentate, but upper tooth very small. Prothorax 

 and body short, densely villose ; elytra toith tivo or tJiree deep furroivs, 

 filled ivith lanceolate squamulose hairs. 



Platychelus alteenans, Burm., 

 Ibid., p. 147. 



" Black, elytra ferruginous and having some bands of scales ; 

 prothorax squamose along the outer margin and in the median 

 groove. 



Length 3 lin. 5 . 



From Mr. Drege. This species seems to be rare, because I have 

 seen one female only. The head is rounded in the anterior part, 

 roughly and closely punctate and bears black hairs ; the antennae 

 and the palpi are reddish brown ; the prothorax has a median 

 longitudinal groove, is finely scabroso-punctate, covered with 

 simple black setae in the anterior part as well as in the middle, 

 and with a shorter pubescence behind, along the margin and in 

 the furrow there are some short squamose white hairs ; similar 

 squamose hairs occur in the scutellum, as also on the three 

 furrows of the elytra; these furrows are opaque, finely punc- 

 tate, depressed and hairy; the widest runs along the suture, the 

 other two are one on each side of the humeral callus, narrowed 

 thence and unite at the apex of the callus ; abdomen and pectus 

 clothed with fine, small, distant hairs ; the fore legs and the tarsi 

 are brown, the smaller claw of the hind legs is very small." 



" Juxta-sutiiral part only deeply grooved, and filled ivith more 

 closely set hairs. 



Platychelus musculus, Burm., 

 Ibid., p. 150. 



" Fuscous, prothorax with an a3neous tinge, whole body clothed 

 with long, greyish hairs. 

 Length 2 hn. 3 ? . 

 Var. Elytra and hind legs rufous. 



