﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptcra 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  649 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  nigrovillosa, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  A 
  little 
  smaller 
  than 
  P. 
  nigrita, 
  Blanch., 
  but 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   equally 
  long 
  and 
  equally 
  dense 
  upright 
  black 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  also 
  greatly 
  elongate 
  and 
  acuminate, 
  but 
  instead 
  

   of 
  curving 
  upwards 
  from 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  median 
  parts, 
  it 
  

   is 
  refiexed 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  only 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  densely 
  

   villose, 
  and 
  the 
  main 
  distinctive 
  character 
  is 
  the 
  much 
  deeper, 
  

   broader, 
  and 
  altogether 
  more 
  conspicuous 
  punctuation 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  

   prothorax, 
  and 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Willowmore). 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  nitidipennis, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom. 
  Mus. 
  Par., 
  1850, 
  p. 
  60. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  reddish 
  brown 
  or 
  flavescent 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   sharply 
  acuminate 
  and 
  bj-dentate 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  very 
  long 
  villose 
  flavous 
  or 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  mixed 
  with 
  occasional 
  

   black 
  ones, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  latter 
  less 
  numerous 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  long, 
  sharp, 
  

   villose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  a 
  little 
  ampliate 
  laterally, 
  and 
  attenuate 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  short, 
  covered 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  villose 
  yellow 
  

   or 
  flavescent 
  hairs, 
  mixed 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  fewer 
  dark 
  ones, 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  

   vestige 
  of 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  pectus 
  are 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  hairs 
  similar 
  in 
  colour 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  villose 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  posterior 
  legs 
  single 
  and 
  

   simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-J-8J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl). 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  cognata, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  vestiture 
  to 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   ceding, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  darker 
  brown, 
  and 
  the 
  villose 
  hairs 
  are 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  entirely 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  sides, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  legs, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  greyish 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  posterior 
  

   legs 
  single 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Caledon). 
  

  

  Peritrichia 
  tulbaghina, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

   Facies 
  of 
  preceding 
  species 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  black 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   brownish 
  red 
  and 
  occasionally 
  infuscate 
  along 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  

  

  