﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  647 
  

  

  there 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  clothed 
  with 
  non-contiguous,. 
  squamiform 
  sub- 
  

   flavescent 
  appressed 
  hairs, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  five 
  somewhat 
  

   broad, 
  saffron-yellow 
  scaly 
  patches, 
  the 
  two 
  lower 
  of 
  which 
  coalesce 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  part 
  has 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  which 
  ascend 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  coalesce 
  sometimes 
  with 
  the 
  inner, 
  lower 
  

   dorsal 
  patches 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  bands 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  

   are 
  similar 
  but 
  narrower, 
  and 
  white, 
  the 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  

   smaller 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  greater 
  tendency 
  to 
  form 
  two 
  bands 
  ; 
  the 
  propy- 
  

   gidium, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  broad, 
  the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  

   entirely 
  clothed 
  with 
  scales 
  saffron-yellow 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  

   female 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  not 
  scaly 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  villose, 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  piceous 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  double. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-7-|- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4-4 
  J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Damaraland. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  three 
  examples, 
  is 
  easily 
  

   recognised 
  by 
  the 
  arcuate 
  scaly 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax. 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  dita, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  P. 
  ditissima, 
  but 
  smaller 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  arcuate 
  

   bands 
  of 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  only, 
  the 
  short 
  

   hairs 
  covering 
  it 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  scales 
  forming 
  the 
  basal 
  band 
  are 
  

   white, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  border 
  of 
  white 
  scales, 
  are 
  

   two 
  transverse, 
  non-interrupted 
  bands 
  of 
  whitish 
  scales 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   and 
  abdomen 
  scaly-white. 
  

  

  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J-3J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Carnarvon), 
  Damaraland. 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  plebeia, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

   Black, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  rufescent; 
  clypeus 
  

   moderately 
  acuminate 
  obliquely 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  dentate 
  ; 
  

   head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  dense 
  erect 
  black 
  

   hairs, 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  shows 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  scales 
  along 
  the 
  margins, 
  but 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  small 
  median 
  patches 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  

   only 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  non-scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  sub-parallel, 
  not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  humeral 
  costa 
  well 
  defined, 
  they 
  are 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  very 
  short, 
  appressed 
  black 
  hairs, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  there 
  are 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  four 
  indistinct 
  maculse 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales, 
  and 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   obliterated 
  narrow, 
  marginal 
  apical 
  band 
  of 
  similar 
  ones 
  ; 
  propy- 
  

   gidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  scaleless 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  fringe 
  

   of 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  without 
  scales 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  two 
  

   basal 
  segments 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  

   tri-dentate 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  