﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
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  hair-like 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  regularly 
  disposed 
  along 
  the 
  suture, 
  

   although 
  not 
  forming 
  a 
  band, 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  laterally 
  

   past 
  the 
  humeral 
  part, 
  greatly 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  leaving 
  a 
  

   great 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  uncovered 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  tri-dentate, 
  the 
  teeth 
  widely 
  separated, 
  hind 
  legs 
  very 
  slender, 
  

   tibiae 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  femora, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  tarsi 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  double 
  and 
  both 
  

   cleft, 
  inner 
  one 
  not 
  quite 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  outer. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  much 
  renexed, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  testaceous 
  

   red 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  right 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  the 
  

   legs 
  are 
  reddish. 
  

  

  Length 
  4J- 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2— 
  2i 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Tulbagh, 
  Malmesbury, 
  

   Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Kubousa 
  venusta, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  K. 
  axillaris 
  ; 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  less 
  

   elongated 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  length 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  opaque 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  

   aciculate, 
  is 
  shining 
  and 
  either 
  impunctate 
  or 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  scattered 
  

   punctures 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  also 
  more 
  shiny 
  and 
  

   less 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  the 
  sub-basal 
  red 
  patch 
  is 
  often 
  less 
  plainly 
  

   visible, 
  and 
  the 
  round 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  bright 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Shape 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  more 
  punctate, 
  

   and 
  in 
  all 
  my 
  examples 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  red, 
  but 
  have 
  a 
  broad, 
  basal, 
  

   black 
  band. 
  

  

  Length 
  3|— 
  4-J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2^-3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Kubousa 
  gentilis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  iEneous 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  somewhat 
  brownish 
  red 
  in 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  elongate, 
  white 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   prothorax, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  pygidial 
  part 
  abdomen 
  and 
  pectus 
  

   also 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  contiguous 
  ; 
  head 
  elongate, 
  

   clypeus 
  sub-parallel 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  a 
  little 
  rounded, 
  the 
  

   apical 
  part 
  is 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  reflexed, 
  club 
  of 
  antennae 
  

   somewhat 
  elongate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  distinctly 
  emarginate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  part 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  posterior 
  angle 
  somewhat 
  sharp 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  elongate, 
  narrowly 
  ogival 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  few 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   elytra 
  elongate, 
  very 
  distinctly 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  

   and 
  strongly 
  sinuate 
  below 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  thus 
  leaving 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

  

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