﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  615 
  

  

  greyish- 
  white 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium, 
  the 
  pectus 
  is 
  

   very 
  hairy, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  only 
  moderately 
  so 
  ; 
  head 
  

   rugose 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  very 
  closely 
  shagreened, 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  sub- 
  

   truncate 
  at 
  apex 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  closely 
  

   punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  nearly 
  equi-distant, 
  a 
  little 
  denser 
  

   along 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin, 
  and 
  slightly 
  confluent 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  

   base 
  is 
  not 
  marginate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   plane, 
  deeply 
  striate, 
  the 
  striae 
  somewhat 
  deeply 
  punctured 
  except 
  on 
  

   the 
  two 
  juxta-sutural 
  ones, 
  intervals 
  costate 
  and 
  tectiform 
  in 
  the 
  

   dorsal 
  part, 
  and 
  impunctate, 
  apical 
  callus 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   covered 
  with 
  nearly 
  confluent 
  punctures 
  ; 
  legs 
  somewhat 
  villose 
  ; 
  

   mesosternal 
  process 
  short. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5-J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Transvaal 
  (Lydenburg, 
  Pretoria, 
  teste 
  Arrow). 
  

  

  In 
  one 
  of 
  my 
  examples 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   is 
  black, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  humeral 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  PHAEAONUS, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Cat. 
  Collect. 
  Entom., 
  1850, 
  p. 
  201. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  elongate 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  towards 
  the 
  

  

  apex, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  ampliate 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  with 
  

  

  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  slightly 
  sloping 
  obliquely, 
  not 
  very 
  convex 
  nor 
  

  

  impressed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  face 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  very 
  long 
  pubescence, 
  palpi 
  as 
  in 
  Popillia 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  robust, 
  hairy, 
  

  

  not 
  dentate, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  transverse 
  and 
  bi-incised 
  with 
  

  

  the 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  incisions 
  rounded, 
  except 
  the 
  inner 
  

  

  one 
  which 
  is 
  sharper 
  ; 
  head 
  with 
  the 
  canthus 
  of 
  the 
  genae 
  greatly 
  

  

  developed 
  and 
  the 
  eyes 
  very 
  large, 
  clypeus 
  hollow, 
  with 
  very 
  highly 
  

  

  raised 
  margins 
  and 
  very 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  laterally 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  as 
  in 
  

  

  Popillia, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  marginate 
  along 
  the 
  base, 
  scutellum 
  as 
  broad 
  

  

  as 
  long, 
  and 
  not 
  sharp 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  Popillia 
  ; 
  

  

  pygidium 
  declivous 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  hairs 
  not 
  

  

  divided 
  into 
  two 
  patches 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  prosternum 
  slightly 
  knobby 
  

  

  between 
  the 
  femora, 
  but 
  not 
  projecting 
  ; 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  curved 
  

  

  and 
  longer 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  taken 
  together. 
  The 
  distinctive 
  

  

  characters 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  the 
  hollowed 
  clypeus 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  reflexed 
  

  

  margin, 
  the 
  non-marginate 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  an 
  elongate 
  

  

  mesosternal 
  process 
  ; 
  the 
  two 
  outer 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

  

  longer 
  and 
  sharper 
  than 
  in 
  Popillia. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  is 
  represented 
  also 
  in 
  Egypt 
  and 
  in 
  Mesopotamia. 
  

  

  