﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  569 
  

  

  having 
  a 
  slight 
  metallic 
  tinge, 
  and 
  no 
  trace 
  whatever 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  

   groove 
  or 
  impression 
  ; 
  elytra 
  not 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  

   prothorax, 
  a 
  little 
  ampliate 
  laterally 
  from 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  and 
  only 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part, 
  not 
  very 
  

   convex, 
  strongly 
  callose 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  above 
  the 
  apical 
  part, 
  and 
  

   covered 
  with 
  closely 
  set, 
  almost 
  contiguous, 
  somewhat 
  wide 
  

   punctures, 
  imparting 
  to 
  them 
  a 
  coriaceous 
  appearance, 
  but 
  hidden, 
  

   however, 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   and 
  under 
  side 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  hairs 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  in 
  texture 
  and 
  colour, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  longer. 
  In 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  

   hind 
  trochanters 
  are 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  long, 
  acute 
  spine 
  ; 
  the 
  

   genital 
  armature 
  is 
  elongate, 
  sub-parallel, 
  obliquely 
  narrowed 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  

  

  Length 
  11-12 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6-6^- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Natal 
  (Durban), 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Uitenhage), 
  Port 
  St. 
  John. 
  

  

  Burmeister's 
  description 
  was 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  female 
  example. 
  

  

  Adoeetus 
  incongeuens, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

   Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  of 
  A. 
  testaceus 
  applies 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  this 
  

   species, 
  which 
  is, 
  however, 
  a 
  little 
  smaller, 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  slight 
  

   metallic 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  also 
  the 
  evanescent 
  

   costules, 
  and 
  are 
  somewhat 
  metallic 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  ; 
  but 
  whereas 
  

   it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  recognise 
  the 
  female 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  A. 
  testaceus, 
  the 
  

   male 
  differs 
  owing 
  to 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  trochanters 
  being 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  is 
  very 
  different 
  ; 
  the 
  sheath 
  is 
  

   open 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  for 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  only, 
  and 
  instead 
  

   of 
  being 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  and 
  only 
  very 
  slightly 
  ampliate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   it 
  broadens 
  triangularly 
  from 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  is 
  broadly 
  and 
  deeply 
  

   incised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  lobes 
  are 
  obliquely 
  

   truncate. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-11 
  -J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5J—6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Southern 
  Ehodesia 
  (Salisbury). 
  

  

  Adoeetus 
  fallaciosus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  hardly 
  to 
  be 
  distinguished 
  from 
  

   A. 
  wcongruens 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  general 
  facies, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  redder 
  and 
  has 
  

   no 
  metallic 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  more 
  plainly 
  costulate, 
  

   but 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  shallower, 
  and 
  the 
  whitish 
  

   appressed 
  pubescence 
  is 
  denser 
  ; 
  the 
  suture 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  hardly 
  

  

  