1897.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 23 



sides of the posterior declivity, which are broader and deeper. 

 Length 8 mm. 



Hab. Natal, teste Westwood. 



P. sPiNicoxis, Westw., 



Proc. Linn. Soc, ii., 1849, p. 59 ; Thesaur. Entom. Oxon., 



p. 84, pi. xviii., fig. 7. 



Ferruginous red ; head with a sharp, conical spine on the vertex ; 

 antennal club very briefly pubescent, moderately thick, subelongato- 

 ovate, carinate from the base of the anterior margin to the posterior 

 one, the latter with a faint groove, posterior part of the declivity 

 with four longitudinal, shallow striae on each side, reaching but not 

 indenting the rounded posterior margin ; prothorax transversely 

 impressed in the middle from side to side, and with a lateral yellow 

 pubescence, anterior part rounded, attenuate laterally towards the 

 neck and not emarginate in the centre of the basal part, posterior 

 part deeply scooped in the middle almost up to the base ; elytra 

 elongate, nearly parallel, closely punctured, and glabrous ; pygidium 

 closely punctured ; anterior femora subclavate ; intermediate coxae 

 with a very small spinous process at the base. Length 7-S^ mm. ; 

 width 2^ mm. 



Hab. Natal (D'Urban, Maritzburg), Transvaal (Eustenburg), 

 Zambezia (Buluwayo), Mozambique (Eikatla). 



P. PROPiNQUUS, Per., 



Plate XIL, fig. 7 ; Plate XIIL, fig. 7. 



Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc, iv., 1886, p. 83. 



Chestnut colour, subopaque ; head briefly pubescent, and with a 

 sharp, conical spine on the vertex ; antennal club subelongato-ovate, 

 moderately thick, and sharply carinate from the angle of the inner 

 margin to the posterior basal angle, which is produced in a short, 

 subtruncate tooth ; it is finely granulose, and has a series of very 

 short bristles on each side of the posterior margin ; prothorax 

 with a median subdiagonal transverse impression ; anterior part 

 convex, a little more raised than the posterior one, rounded laterally, 

 punctulate, and covered with moderately long bristles, posterior part 

 briefly pubescent, a little narrower than the anterior, and with a 

 shallow median depression ; elytra a little lighter in colour than the 

 head and prothorax, and covered with a closely set and dense reddish 

 pubescence ; legs densely bristly. Length 8-9 mm. ; width 3-3^ mm. 



Hab. Transvaal (Bloemhof, Potchefstroom, Heildeberg, Pretoria), 

 Bechuanaland. 



