1904. ] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 287 
ASTHENOPHOLIS SUB-FASCIATA, Blanch., 
Catal. Coll. Entom., 1850, p. 152. 
A. dasypus, Burm., Handb., iv., 2, p. 318. 
A. adspersus, Bohem., Ins. Caffr. ii., pegs 
A. minor, Brsk., Stett. Ent. Zeit., p. 390. 
Chestnut or ferruginous-brown, with the club of antenne yellow, 
but also occasionally with the head and prothorax fuscous or even 
with the whole upper side fuscous-black ; clypeus, prothorax, and 
scutellum covered with deep, closely set cicatricose punctures bearing 
each a yellowish squamose hair ; elytra with each puncture bearing 
also a whitish, minute scale, pectus densely hairy, abdomen and 
pygidial part clothed with fine, appressed, sub-flavescent hairs: 
clypeus deeply and closely punctured, rounded laterally, emarginate 
in the centre, head with a distinct transverse prominence on the 
vertex, scrobiculate ; prothorax with the squamose punctures set 
very close to each other, the outer margins are slightly serrate in 
the anterior part, the anterior and basal margins densely hairy ; 
scutellum closely punctate hairy; elytra with three costules 
on each side and having past the median part three elongated, 
parallel impunctate bands, which in some examples ascend how- 
ever towards the base as in the type (swb-fasciatus) or are very 
indistinct or not at all visible (A. minor); the appressed hairs 
on the pygidial part and abdomen are a little more flavescent 
than the squamose ones on the elytra. Herr Brenske has com- 
municated to me his types of 4. transvaalensis and A. minor which 
I am unable to separate from A. swb-fasciatus and A. adspersus 
Boh., the two types of which I have seen. In order to show how 
variable this species is, | may mention that I have received from 
Malvern, Natal, examples with black thorax and fuscous, or black 
elytra taken with examples having a black thorax and nearly scale- 
less black-red elytra. The first mentioned would be A. menor of 
Brenske, to the latter, however, he assigned the name in litt. of 
A. bechuana. <A. transvaalensis, Brsk., is somewhat larger than the 
typical A. swb-fasciata, and the colour of the upper side is fuscous 
black, as in A. minor. The genital armature of A. swb-fasciata and 
A. minor are absolutely similar, 
Length 16-21 mm.; width 10 mm. 
Hab. Cape Colony (Graham’s Town, Seymour, Transkei, East 
London, Port St. John); Natal (Durban, Maritzburg, Malvern) ; 
Transvaal (Pretoria, Rustenburg, Lydenburg); Bechuanaland, teste 
Brenske. 
