﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  807 
  

  

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

   Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  basalis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Like 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  much 
  less 
  hairy, 
  the 
  vestiture 
  of 
  

   the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  similar 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  shining 
  bronze 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax, 
  but 
  the 
  whole 
  

   basal 
  part 
  is 
  testaceous 
  with 
  a 
  metallic 
  tinge, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  

   the 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish-white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  similar. 
  

  

  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Tulbagh, 
  Ceres, 
  Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch). 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  gentilis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  size 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  previous 
  species, 
  but 
  at 
  once 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  elytra 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  costulate 
  on 
  the 
  

   discoidal 
  part, 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  bronze-green, 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  slightly 
  rufescent 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  

   female, 
  and 
  are 
  dark 
  bronze 
  for 
  the 
  greatest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  is 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  in 
  P. 
  

   dimidiatus, 
  but 
  the 
  bands 
  of 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  are 
  similar, 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  

   propygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense, 
  squamose, 
  slightly 
  

   flavescent 
  hairs, 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  are 
  less 
  squamose 
  and 
  more 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Stellenbosch). 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  anomalus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Etomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  150. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Bronze, 
  more 
  shining 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  occupied 
  by 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  testaceous 
  yellow 
  patch 
  reaching 
  to 
  near 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  

   and 
  to 
  the 
  suture; 
  clypeus 
  very 
  rugose, 
  plainly 
  rounded 
  laterally 
  and 
  

   slightly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  an 
  erect 
  

   greyish 
  pubescence 
  which 
  is 
  somewhat 
  bristly, 
  it 
  is 
  closely 
  scabroso- 
  

   punctate 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  but 
  normally 
  punctate 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  elytra 
  very 
  plane, 
  distinctly 
  

   emarginate 
  and 
  narrowed 
  laterally, 
  covered 
  with 
  broad, 
  somewhat 
  

   closely 
  set 
  punctures, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  fuscous 
  

   appressed 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  slender. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (no 
  exact 
  locality 
  recorded). 
  

  

  