1904.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 7 
cox covering the greatest part of the fifth abdominal segment, and 
with the hind margin running nearly parallel with the lower margin 
of the latter; anterior tibiz bi-dentate, anterior tarsi moderately 
long, intermediate and posterior much longer, claws cleft under- 
neath, the lower tooth slightly wider than the upper; hind coxe 
dilated, hind tibiz slightly ampliated inwardly at a short distance 
from the base, and with their inner margin provided with numerous 
long, bristle-like spines, the upper with two tri-spinose keels en 
chevron. 
The genus is, so far as is now known, restricted to the South 
African region. The number of species has been unduly increased 
owing to one kind having a very wide distribution in South Africa 
(from the Caledon District in the Cape Colony to the Zoutpansberg 
District in the Transvaal). In this species (P. fasciatipennis, the 
colouration of which is very variable) the shape of the clasps vary 
slightly (vide pl. xlii., figs. 19, 20; pl. xlvi., fig. 32). 
Key to the Species. 
A?, Elytra with a more or less distinct, fuscous tessellation. 
Antennal club fuscous, the first joint half the length of the 
Oilaverey Ma Ge se Bo aol ool ad io oan oc | aa. WOmeulichie 
Antennal club fiavous, the first joint only one-quarter of the 
length of the other in thefemale .. .. .. .. «. .- .. ‘maculipennis. 
At. Elytra without any traces of fuscous tessellation. 
Straw-colour, prothorax iridescent... .. .. .. «.. «+. «. tongaatsana. 
PLEOPHYLLA NAVICULARIS, Burm., 
Plate XLIILI., fig. 21. 
Handb. d. Entom., vol. iv., 2, p. 181. 
Testaceous-red with a dark greenish-bronze sheen, head and pro- 
thorax clothed with appressed greyish-white hairs, and also with 
long upright ones on the latter part, intervals between the costules 
of the elytra filled with long greyish sete, under side densely villose ; 
clypeus deeply and somewhat coarsely punctate, frontal part also 
punctate but not roughly ; antenne, including the club, reddish and 
with the latter often slightly infuscate ; prothorax aciculate and with 
scattered punctures bearing each an upright hair, the pubescence is 
often less dense in the central part of the disk; scutellum raised 
longitudinally in the centre; elytra elongated, slightly narrower at 
the shoulders than across the median part, and not narrowed thence 
