﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  573 
  

  

  Length 
  12-12J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6-6|- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Port 
  Elizabeth, 
  Port 
  St. 
  John, 
  Uitenhage), 
  

   Transvaal 
  (Potchefstroom, 
  Lydenburg). 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  ovampoensis, 
  n. 
  spec, 
  

   Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  8. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape, 
  size, 
  and 
  colour 
  to 
  A. 
  ictencus, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   basal 
  transverse 
  fuscous 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  suture 
  is 
  not 
  fuscous,, 
  

   the 
  punctures 
  are 
  closer, 
  deeper, 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  is 
  denser 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  infuscate 
  ; 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  is 
  very 
  

   different 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  A. 
  ictericus 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  completely 
  open 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side, 
  very 
  declivous, 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  produced 
  

   there 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  into 
  a 
  bifid 
  tooth 
  set 
  almost 
  at 
  right 
  angles. 
  

  

  Length 
  12-13 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ovampoland 
  (Evari 
  Eiver). 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  fusculus, 
  Fahr., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Insect. 
  Caffrar., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  77. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  so 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  cribrosus 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  

   confused 
  with 
  it. 
  The 
  two 
  fuscous 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are, 
  

   however, 
  more 
  distinct, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  also 
  browner, 
  noticeably 
  on 
  

   the 
  sides, 
  and 
  the 
  punctures, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  interval, 
  are 
  

   more 
  rugose 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  cribrosus, 
  but 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  

   broader 
  and 
  less 
  closely 
  set 
  ; 
  the 
  sheath 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  armature 
  is 
  also 
  

   entirely 
  open 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  but 
  gradually 
  and 
  sharply 
  acuminated 
  

   from 
  past 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  finely 
  and 
  not 
  deeply 
  

   incised 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  rounded 
  and 
  not 
  emarginate 
  

   as 
  in 
  A. 
  cribrosus 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  British 
  Bechuanaland 
  (Kanye). 
  

  

  Adroetus 
  mashunus, 
  n. 
  spec, 
  

   Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  10. 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  brick-red, 
  elytra 
  chestnut-brown, 
  legs 
  and 
  

   under 
  side 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  parabolic, 
  but 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  laterally 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  scabrose, 
  head 
  scabroso-punctate, 
  and 
  both 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   some 
  small 
  appressed 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  somewhat 
  plainly 
  

   ampliated 
  and 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  lateral 
  part, 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  