﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  583 
  

  

  (Species 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  identify.) 
  

   Adoretus 
  atricapillus, 
  Klug, 
  

  

  Monatsb. 
  Berl. 
  Acad., 
  1855, 
  p. 
  659 
  ; 
  Peter's 
  Eeis., 
  p. 
  261. 
  

  

  " 
  Elongate, 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  head 
  black, 
  clypeus 
  short, 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  lin. 
  

  

  One 
  example 
  from 
  Sena. 
  Similar 
  to 
  A. 
  nigrifrons, 
  but 
  relatively 
  

   somewhat 
  narrower, 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctate 
  and 
  almost 
  glabrous. 
  

   The 
  clypeus, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  rounded 
  and 
  produced, 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  

   truncate, 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  reflexed. 
  The 
  line 
  which 
  

   divides 
  the 
  clypeus 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  also 
  more 
  prominent, 
  but 
  not 
  

   straight, 
  being 
  arched 
  inwards. 
  The 
  head 
  only 
  is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  

   almost 
  black, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  ferruginous, 
  and 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  

   and 
  the 
  legs 
  pale-yellowish. 
  The 
  apices 
  of 
  the 
  femora, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsal 
  joints 
  are 
  brown." 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  cupreus, 
  Arrow, 
  

   Annals 
  and 
  Magaz. 
  Natur. 
  Hist., 
  1899, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  121. 
  

  

  " 
  Elongato-ovate, 
  broad, 
  chestnut-brown 
  with 
  a 
  coppery 
  sheen 
  

   sparsely 
  clothed 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  or 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  and 
  

   more 
  densely 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  ; 
  head 
  moderately 
  large, 
  rugose, 
  

   clypeus 
  arcuate, 
  wrinkled 
  and 
  ustulate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  three 
  times 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long, 
  very 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  sparsely 
  setulose 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   rugose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  finely 
  rugoso-punctate, 
  obsoletely 
  costate, 
  sparingly 
  

   setulose, 
  but 
  with 
  larger 
  white 
  scales 
  scattered 
  towards 
  the 
  costules, 
  

   sides 
  wholly 
  arcuate. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-J-12 
  mm. 
  Female. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  apparently 
  some 
  affinity 
  with 
  A. 
  picinus, 
  Bohem., 
  

   which, 
  however, 
  has 
  the 
  prothorax 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytra 
  straight 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  middle. 
  In 
  A. 
  cupreus 
  the 
  width 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytra 
  is 
  greatest 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  sculpture 
  is 
  

   very 
  fine 
  and 
  close. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Barberton, 
  and 
  in 
  Natal." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Arrow 
  is 
  mistaken 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  in 
  A. 
  picinus, 
  Bohem., 
  the 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  straight 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Adoretus 
  murinus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  468. 
  

  

  " 
  Fuscous, 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  outer 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax, 
  costse 
  of 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  background. 
  

   Length 
  5 
  lin. 
  

   Hab. 
  South 
  Africa; 
  received 
  from 
  Drege. 
  

  

  