24 Transactions South African Philosophical Society.  [Vvou. X11. 
ETISERICA SIMPLEX, n. spec. 
Testaceous, with the elytra testaceous-yellow, and without any 
sheen, glabrous; antenne flavous; clypeus truncate in front, 
obliquely attenuated laterally, deeply punctate, frontal part 
punctulate in the anterior part only, impunctate behind; _pro- 
thorax much broader across the base than across the apex, very 
slightly sinuate laterally, closely punctate, and, in the only example 
which I have seen, without any lateral sete; scutellum long, 
punctulate; elytra elongate, not much convex, somewhat deeply 
striate, the striae punctulate, and the rounded intervals deeply 
and closely punctate; pygidium moderately convex, punctulate ; 
abdominal segments also punctulate; pectus glabrous, deeply 
punctate; in the male, the only sex known to me, the antennz 
are 10-jointed, the seventh joint is quite laminate but much shorter 
than the other three of which the club consists; the anterior tibize 
are plainly tri-dentate outwardly. 
Length 7 mm.; width 34 mm. 
Hab. Southern Rhodesia (Sebakwe). 
Gen. STENOSERICA, Brensk., 
Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1901, p. 218. 
Buccal organs of the usual type; clypeus plainly sub-acuminate 
in the centre of the anterior margin; clypeal suture plain; antenne 
9-jointed in both sexes, antennal club of male ovate, much shorter 
than the pedicel; prothorax short, not sinuate, and ‘sub-angular 
behind; elytra elongated and somewhat convex; posterior margin 
of hind coxz nearly straight and angular and not covering the 
fourth abdominal segment; anterior tibizw bi- or tri-dentate out- 
wardly ; claws of all the tarsi normally cleft and strongly divergent 
in both sexes. 
The main character differentiating this genus from Stenoserica is 
the bi-dentate instead of tri-dentate anterior tibia; the cox do not 
also cover the fourth abdominal segment. 
Key to the Species. 
A. Anterior tibize bi-dentate outwardly. 
Pale light testaceous; prothorax almost impunctate .. .. .. delagoana. 
Rufescent; prothorax plainly punctulate .. .. .. .. .. deceptor. 
Ach Anterior tibis tri-dentate mj. 3. 3. =. sa) == se) ee en eaQmuestcolae 
