﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Colcoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  659 
  

  

  Lepiteix 
  ornatella, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Black, 
  prothorax 
  distinctly 
  marginate 
  all 
  round 
  with 
  scales 
  and 
  

   squamose 
  bright 
  yellow 
  hairs, 
  and 
  having 
  two 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinct 
  

   patches 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  in 
  'the 
  discoidal 
  part; 
  scutellum 
  squa- 
  

   mose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  a 
  sutural 
  band 
  of 
  yellow 
  scales 
  beginning 
  at 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  rounding 
  the 
  apical 
  part, 
  and 
  ascending 
  

   above 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin 
  in 
  a 
  band 
  which 
  is 
  distinct 
  for 
  half 
  the 
  

   length, 
  then 
  obliterated, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  still 
  near 
  the 
  humeral 
  angle 
  

   a 
  few 
  scales 
  situated 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  line, 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  

   narrow, 
  partly 
  obliterated 
  band 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  and 
  propy- 
  

   gidium 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  and 
  bristly 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  light 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  but 
  having 
  no 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   is 
  slightly 
  attenuate 
  obliquely 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  the 
  angles 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  sharp, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  distinctly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  dense, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  also 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  somewhat 
  dense 
  bristly 
  black 
  hairs 
  longer 
  on 
  the 
  

   suture 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  piceous-red 
  ; 
  claw 
  of 
  hind 
  

   tarsi 
  double, 
  the 
  outer 
  one 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  inner. 
  

  

  Length 
  8-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Stellenbosch, 
  Malmesbury, 
  Paarl, 
  Tulbagh). 
  

  

  Lepiteix 
  gentilis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  brownish 
  red, 
  sometimes 
  slightly 
  infuscate 
  

   laterally 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  marginate 
  all 
  round 
  with 
  flavescent 
  scales, 
  and 
  

   having 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  two 
  small 
  patches 
  of 
  similar 
  ones 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  not 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  impressed 
  longitudinally 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus, 
  and 
  having 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  semicircular 
  

   band 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  formed 
  by 
  two 
  coalescing 
  patches 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  and 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  one 
  humeral 
  angle 
  to 
  the 
  

   other, 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  crescent-shaped 
  

   band 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  the 
  rounded 
  apical 
  part, 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  

   outer 
  margin 
  are 
  two 
  elongate 
  patches 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  ; 
  these 
  

   patches 
  and 
  bands 
  are 
  sometimes 
  partly 
  obliterated, 
  especially 
  when 
  

   the 
  impressions 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  situated 
  are 
  shallow, 
  for 
  they 
  vary 
  

   in 
  depth, 
  being 
  more 
  shallow 
  in 
  examples 
  from 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  

   the 
  Cape 
  District 
  than 
  further 
  north-west 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  scales 
  and 
  short, 
  squamulose 
  hairs, 
  and 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  whitish 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  and 
  a 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  very 
  deeply 
  emarginate, 
  almost 
  incised, 
  and 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  sub-villose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   black, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  piceous-red, 
  third 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth 
  hardly 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  ; 
  hind 
  claw 
  double. 
  

  

  