﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Colcoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  779 
  

  

  anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate 
  outwardly, 
  but 
  sharply 
  angular 
  above 
  the 
  

   basal 
  tooth. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Omocrates 
  luridipennis, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  126. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  occasionally 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  sharp 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  dense 
  nor 
  so 
  villose, 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  also 
  less 
  pubescent, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   distinct 
  band 
  of 
  sub-squamose 
  flavescent 
  hairs, 
  the 
  propygidium 
  has 
  

   a 
  very 
  broad 
  band 
  of 
  bright 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  and 
  two 
  large 
  round 
  patches 
  

   of 
  brown 
  tomentose 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  also 
  two 
  similar 
  

   patches 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  claws 
  are 
  double 
  and 
  both 
  cleft 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  are 
  simple 
  and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  dilated 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate, 
  but 
  distinctly 
  angular 
  above 
  the 
  basal 
  

   tooth. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  more 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  concolorous. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  \ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Malmesbury, 
  

   Worcester). 
  

  

  Omocrates 
  placidus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Entirely 
  similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  sculpture 
  to 
  0. 
  luridipennis, 
  but 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  light 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  infuscate 
  laterally 
  behind, 
  the 
  pubes- 
  

   cence 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  longer, 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  are 
  

   covered 
  with 
  thick 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  of 
  uniform 
  colour, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  have 
  a 
  third 
  tooth 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  second, 
  but 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  Omocrates 
  cylindricus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  128. 
  

   0. 
  flavipennis, 
  Blanch., 
  Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom., 
  p. 
  64. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  flavous 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  

   densely 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  flavescent, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  transversely 
  

   straight 
  at 
  tip 
  but 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  sharp 
  and 
  slightly 
  reflexed, 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  