﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  645 
  

  

  small 
  patches 
  of 
  scales 
  often 
  also 
  obliterated 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  humeral 
  longitudinal 
  costa 
  is 
  very 
  distinct, 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  sub-basal 
  transverse 
  row 
  of 
  three, 
  and 
  a 
  post-median 
  of 
  two 
  

   moderately 
  large 
  patches 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  is 
  

   edged 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  which 
  occasionally 
  coalesces 
  along 
  the 
  

   hind 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  suture 
  with 
  the 
  inner 
  of 
  these 
  patches 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   is 
  acuminate, 
  more 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  long, 
  villose 
  and 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  shape 
  

   and 
  vestiture 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  abdominalis, 
  but 
  

   the 
  whole 
  abdomen 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  squamiform 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-J-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4-|-5-|- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Wellington, 
  Tulbagh, 
  

   Worcester). 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  guttata, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  saga, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  

   shorter, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  in 
  proportion 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   more 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  the 
  villose 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  

   similar 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  marginal 
  border 
  of 
  scales 
  

   along 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  about 
  on 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   coidal 
  part, 
  but 
  at 
  the 
  anterior 
  angle, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margin 
  there 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  small, 
  but 
  distinct 
  patch 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scales 
  are 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  female; 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  often 
  squamose 
  ; 
  the 
  five 
  scaly 
  patches 
  and 
  the 
  

   apical 
  margin 
  on 
  each 
  elytron 
  are 
  similar 
  ; 
  the 
  propygidium, 
  

   pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  in 
  both 
  

   sexes, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  distinctly 
  scaly 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  chest- 
  

   nut-brown 
  and 
  infuscate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  redder 
  and 
  less 
  

   infuscate 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  and 
  the 
  pectus 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   long, 
  villose 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  double. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  nigro-maculata, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  light 
  chocolate-brown 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  vestiture 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   species, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  there 
  

   are 
  two 
  round, 
  small, 
  velvety 
  black 
  patches, 
  and 
  no 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  hairy 
  ; 
  elytra 
  clothed 
  with 
  the 
  customary 
  decumbent 
  short 
  

  

  