﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  563 
  

  

  the 
  transverse 
  row 
  ; 
  metasternum, 
  hardly 
  impressed 
  longitudinally 
  ; 
  

   basal 
  intercoxal 
  process 
  of 
  prosternum 
  strongly 
  sloping, 
  triangular, 
  

   carinate 
  all 
  round 
  and 
  grooved 
  transversely 
  along 
  the 
  lower 
  part. 
  

  

  Length 
  23-27 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  11-13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Boheman 
  evidently 
  saw 
  female 
  examples 
  only, 
  judging 
  from 
  his 
  

  

  description, 
  and 
  from 
  his 
  type. 
  The 
  males 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  rarer, 
  

  

  and 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  two 
  examples. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  

  

  Bhizoplatis 
  ambiguus, 
  Gerst., 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  Boheman's 
  JR. 
  castanei- 
  

  

  pennis. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Transvaal 
  (Johannesburg, 
  Potchefstroom, 
  Klerksdorp, 
  

   Lydenburg). 
  I 
  believe, 
  but 
  am 
  not 
  quite 
  sure, 
  that 
  my 
  male 
  

   example 
  from 
  Johannesburg 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  Termite 
  nest. 
  

  

  Sub-Family 
  KUTELIN2E. 
  

  

  Ligula 
  horny 
  and 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  mentum, 
  slightly 
  or 
  strongly 
  sloping 
  

   backwards 
  ; 
  labial 
  palpi 
  inserted 
  laterally 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  always 
  robust, 
  or 
  

   very 
  robust, 
  inner 
  lobe 
  obliterated, 
  but 
  showing 
  faintly 
  in 
  Isoplia, 
  

   upper 
  lobe 
  provided 
  with 
  strong, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  falcate 
  teeth, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  Gnatholabis, 
  mandibles 
  plane, 
  and 
  densely 
  ciliate 
  

   inwardly, 
  sub-triquetrous, 
  or 
  very 
  convex 
  and 
  triquetrous, 
  and 
  

   fringed 
  on 
  the 
  base 
  only 
  with 
  short 
  dense 
  ciliae 
  (Adoretus, 
  &c), 
  

   projecting 
  slightly 
  or 
  distinctly 
  beyond 
  the 
  labrum 
  which 
  is 
  free, 
  

   horizontal, 
  sub-horizontal 
  or 
  quite 
  vertical 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  simple, 
  not 
  in- 
  

   cised; 
  genae 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  mere 
  canthus 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large; 
  antennae 
  eight- 
  to 
  

   ten-jointed, 
  club 
  tri-jointed 
  not 
  much 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  African 
  insects, 
  

   even 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  of 
  moderate 
  size 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  

   genera, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Phcenomeris 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  elongated 
  ; 
  

   elytra 
  covering 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  having 
  or 
  

   not 
  an 
  epipleural 
  membrane 
  ; 
  anterior 
  coxae 
  transverse, 
  except 
  in 
  

   Phcenomeris, 
  and 
  Isoplia 
  ; 
  mesosternum 
  produced 
  sometimes 
  in 
  a 
  

   projecting 
  aculeate 
  or 
  carinate 
  process, 
  mesothoracic 
  epimera 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  projecting 
  ; 
  legs 
  mostly 
  robust, 
  hind 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  oblique 
  rows 
  of 
  short 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  part, 
  

   and 
  having 
  two 
  apical 
  spurs 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  

   tarsi 
  unequal, 
  sub-parallel 
  or 
  very 
  little 
  diverging, 
  the 
  more 
  robust 
  

   claw 
  mobile, 
  a 
  seta 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  claws 
  ; 
  last 
  three 
  spiracles 
  of 
  

   the 
  abdomen 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  ventral 
  segment. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  unequal 
  claws, 
  the 
  stronger 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   hinged, 
  this 
  Sub-Family 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Hopliince, 
  but 
  is 
  at 
  

   once 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  two 
  apical 
  spurs 
  on 
  the 
  inter- 
  

  

  