1904.] 
Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 193 
the collections of Candéze, Thomson, &c., but the greatest confusion 
prevails in the identification of the South African species, of which 
I describe now seventy-seven. 
Key to the Species. 
A*. Anterior tibive tri-dentate outwardly. 
b?. Upper tooth of anterior claws as robust or nearly as robust 
as the lower, and as long or longer. 
C3. Basal joint of hind tarsi longer than the second. 
Black ; body globose ; prothorax with scabrose closely set 
punctures, each puncture having a plainly squamose white 
hair. 9¢ 
Chestnut-brown ; prothorax scabrose; body elongated ; 
each puncture with a most minute hair on the upper 
side. 9¢ 
C*. Basal joint of hind tarsi as long as the second. 
(ee 
be, 
De. 
(UR 
Clypeus with a median longitudinal carina. 
Penultimate abdominal segment not broader than the 
antepenultimate. 
Ferruginous-red ; prothorax closely scabroso-punctate 
from the apex for two-thirds of the length; pygidium 
with scabrose punctures. ¢ 
Pale testaceous; prothorax with closely set, round, 
non-scabrose punctures. ¢ 
Black ; prothorax with broad, round punctures; elytra 
with a brush-like band of fulvous hairs along the 
posterior margin of the elytra. ? 
Black; prothorax with broad, deep punctures; elytra 
without the brush-like band of fulvous hairs 
Penultimate abdominal segment broader than the 
antepenultimate. 
Ferruginous-red ;_ prothorax closely scabroso-punctate 
from the apex to two-thirds of the length ; pygidium 
with non-scabrose punctures 
Clypeus without a median longitudinal carina. 
Ferruginous-red ; clypeus obtuse but not sinuated in 
front ; prothorax with shallow, scattered punctures, not 
scrobiculate laterally. 9? .. 
C'. Basal joint of hind tarsi longer than the second. 
IDE. 
Prothorax ampliated laterally past the middle, but 
narrowed thence towards the basal angle. 
13 
saginata, 
boschimana,. 
ciliata. 
crinita. 
globator. 
idonea. 
comosa. 
fartula. 
