﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Goleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  639 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  senilis, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entoin., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  43. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  light 
  fulvous, 
  and 
  distinctly 
  edged 
  laterally 
  

   with 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hairs, 
  but 
  

   the 
  villose 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  whitish 
  ; 
  there 
  

   are 
  no 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  prothorax 
  or 
  scutellum, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   which 
  are 
  somewhat 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs, 
  and 
  have 
  

   a 
  sutural 
  series 
  of 
  not 
  closely 
  set 
  black 
  bristles, 
  have 
  a 
  border 
  of 
  not 
  

   very 
  closely 
  set 
  sub-opaline 
  golden 
  scales 
  along 
  the 
  margin, 
  and 
  also 
  

   a 
  strip 
  of 
  them 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  narrowly 
  infuscate 
  ; 
  

   propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  and 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   densely 
  scaly, 
  and 
  clothed, 
  like 
  the 
  pectus, 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  very 
  elongated 
  and 
  narrow 
  ; 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth 
  

   of 
  anterior 
  tibias 
  very 
  small. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  evidently 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  gemmeus, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  

   more 
  depressed, 
  and 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  more 
  slender 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  

   and 
  more 
  parallel. 
  I 
  know 
  only 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  9^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (no 
  exact 
  locality). 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  nasuus, 
  Wiedem., 
  

  

  Germ. 
  Magaz., 
  iv., 
  p. 
  140. 
  

  

  Guer., 
  Menev., 
  Icon. 
  Begn. 
  Anim. 
  Ins., 
  pi. 
  xxv. 
  bis, 
  fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  colour 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  very 
  light 
  fulvous 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  

   infuscate 
  laterally, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  scales 
  either 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   elytra, 
  pygidium, 
  or 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  the 
  villose 
  hairs 
  covering 
  the 
  head 
  

   and 
  prothorax, 
  elytra, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  ampliated 
  laterally 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Length 
  8-8 
  J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch). 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  proletariats, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape, 
  although 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  robust, 
  to 
  A. 
  nasuus 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   also 
  scaleless, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  brick-red 
  and 
  not 
  infuscate 
  laterally, 
  

   the 
  villosity 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  is 
  denser 
  and 
  darker, 
  and 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  more 
  erect. 
  

  

  Length 
  8-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4-4f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Eiversdale, 
  Caledon, 
  Swellendam). 
  

  

  