﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  591 
  

  

  head 
  very 
  small, 
  deeply 
  and 
  roughly 
  punctured 
  like 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  depressed 
  with 
  the 
  margins 
  much 
  reflexed, 
  

   broadly 
  rounded 
  laterally 
  and 
  somewhat 
  arcuate 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   somewhat 
  sinuate 
  laterally 
  between 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  

   angle, 
  deeply 
  and 
  moderately 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre 
  from 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  narrow, 
  elongate, 
  im- 
  

   punctate 
  space, 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  not 
  

   closely 
  set, 
  reddish 
  bristles; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  impression, 
  

   deeply 
  punctured 
  ; 
  elytra 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  slightly 
  ampliate 
  

   at 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  punctato-striate, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  seriate 
  but 
  somewhat 
  transverse, 
  shallow, 
  very 
  irregular, 
  

   and 
  giving 
  to 
  the 
  elytra 
  a 
  very 
  coriaceous 
  appearance, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   obliterated 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  callus 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  conspicuous, 
  and 
  

   the 
  intervals 
  are 
  costulate, 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  has 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  reddish, 
  

   bristle-like 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  deeply 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  and 
  

   fringed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  long, 
  reddish-brown 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  

   villose, 
  the 
  former 
  very 
  densely 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  darker 
  than 
  the 
  

   others, 
  the 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  only 
  is 
  cleft, 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  Length 
  13-15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  7-7J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Transvaal 
  (Johannesburg). 
  

  

  Anomala 
  vetula, 
  Wiedem., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  27. 
  

  

  Germ. 
  Mag. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  133. 
  

  

  A. 
  nitens, 
  Burm., 
  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  i., 
  p. 
  238. 
  

   A. 
  cerea, 
  Blanch., 
  Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom., 
  p. 
  186. 
  

  

  Piceous 
  black, 
  very 
  shining 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  metallic 
  tinge, 
  head 
  

   and 
  anterior 
  legs 
  reddish, 
  palpi 
  and 
  antennae 
  rufescent 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  rufescent 
  margin, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  reddish 
  brown 
  

   with 
  two 
  black 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  head 
  somewhat 
  narrow 
  

   with 
  the 
  clypeus 
  distinctly 
  hollowed 
  and 
  the 
  margins 
  strongly 
  

   reflexed, 
  is 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  but 
  nearly 
  straight 
  in 
  front 
  

   and 
  roughly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  also 
  roughly 
  punctured 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  part 
  and 
  more 
  regularly 
  and 
  somewhat 
  closely 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  plainly 
  attenuate 
  diagonally 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  

   median 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  very 
  slightly 
  ampliate 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   nearly 
  straight 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  angle, 
  bi-sinuate 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  having 
  a 
  narrow 
  marginal 
  fold, 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  faintly 
  

   aciculate 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  distinctly 
  so 
  on 
  the 
  

   sides 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  impressed 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  plainly 
  punctate 
  and 
  having 
  

   also 
  a 
  faint 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  impressed 
  median 
  line 
  ; 
  elytra 
  not 
  

   broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  but 
  slightly 
  ampliated 
  from 
  

  

  