﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptem 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  619 
  

  

  abdomen 
  are 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  similar 
  hairs, 
  the 
  pectus 
  and 
  

   thighs 
  are 
  very 
  villose, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  tibiae 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  metallic 
  

   sheen 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate 
  ; 
  larger 
  claw 
  of 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  of 
  

   the 
  male 
  not 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-7-J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-J-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  This 
  pretty 
  species 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  originally 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  

   Zambesi 
  Eiver. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  examples 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  

   African 
  area, 
  and 
  this 
  description 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  Central 
  African 
  ones. 
  

  

  Tkibe 
  PELENOMEKIINI. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  PHiENOMEBIS, 
  Hope, 
  

  

  Trans. 
  Zoolog. 
  Soc, 
  1825, 
  p. 
  97. 
  

  

  Ewpyga, 
  Mannerh. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  with 
  a 
  horny, 
  briefly 
  ciliate 
  ligula 
  edging 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mentum, 
  which 
  is 
  semicircular, 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  

   face 
  deeply 
  impressed, 
  almost 
  excavate, 
  it 
  is 
  ovate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  

   base 
  to 
  past 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  labial 
  and 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  short, 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  very 
  small, 
  apical 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  deep, 
  narrow, 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  groove 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  compressed 
  narrowly, 
  hollow 
  at 
  

   the 
  tip 
  and 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  sharp, 
  curved 
  tooth 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  three 
  

   more 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hollow 
  part 
  ; 
  labrum 
  projecting, 
  broadly 
  

   emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  head 
  somewhat 
  small, 
  clypeus 
  broader 
  

   than 
  long, 
  semicircular 
  and 
  marginate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  moderately 
  large, 
  slit 
  

   by 
  the 
  short 
  canthus 
  of 
  the 
  genae 
  above 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  antennae 
  

   ten-jointed, 
  club 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  five 
  preceding 
  joints 
  taken 
  together 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  conspicuously 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  

   part 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  sinuate 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  to 
  the 
  outer 
  angle, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  wider 
  than 
  across 
  the 
  middle, 
  marginate 
  all 
  round 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  

   median 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  sinuate 
  there 
  than 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  very 
  long, 
  triangular 
  ; 
  elytra 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  

   shoulders 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  greatly 
  narrowed 
  

   laterally 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  part, 
  depressed, 
  costate 
  and 
  striate 
  and 
  

   having 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus 
  prolonged 
  for 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  into 
  a 
  

   triangular, 
  raised 
  smooth 
  area, 
  dividing 
  conspicuously 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   costae 
  and 
  striae 
  from 
  the 
  lateral 
  ones 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  covered 
  only 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  by 
  the 
  elytra, 
  pygidium 
  horizontal 
  ; 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   fused 
  together 
  ; 
  prosternum 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  aculeate 
  process 
  projecting 
  

   between 
  the 
  intermediate 
  coxae 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  thickened, 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  with 
  only 
  one 
  long, 
  straight 
  apical 
  tooth, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  slender 
  

   but 
  long 
  inner 
  spur 
  ; 
  intermediate 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  without 
  diagonal 
  

  

  