﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptcra 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  821 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  v. 
  Winthem. 
  Quite 
  similar 
  to 
  P. 
  melanurus, 
  but 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  are 
  more 
  closely 
  set, 
  smaller, 
  and 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  more 
  

   grey 
  ; 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  quite 
  brown, 
  the 
  first 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   appressed 
  hairs 
  and 
  are 
  more 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  hind 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  clothed 
  with 
  small, 
  nearly 
  contiguous 
  yellowish 
  grey 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   pectus 
  with 
  white 
  hairs." 
  

  

  " 
  Anterior 
  tibice 
  tri-dentate, 
  but 
  tipper 
  tooth 
  very 
  small. 
  Prothorax 
  

   and 
  body 
  short, 
  densely 
  villose 
  ; 
  elytra 
  ivith 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  deep 
  furrows, 
  

   filled 
  with 
  lanceolate 
  squamulose 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  alternans, 
  Burm., 
  

   Ibid., 
  p. 
  147. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  elytra 
  ferruginous 
  and 
  having 
  some 
  bands 
  of 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  squamose 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  

   groove. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  lin. 
  $ 
  • 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Drege. 
  This 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  rare, 
  because 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  one 
  female 
  only. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  

   roughly 
  and 
  closely 
  punctate 
  and 
  bears 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   and 
  the 
  palpi 
  are 
  reddish 
  brown; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  a 
  median 
  

   longitudinal 
  groove, 
  is 
  finely 
  scabroso-punctate, 
  covered 
  with 
  

   simple 
  black 
  setae 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  shorter 
  pubescence 
  behind, 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  furrow 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  short 
  squamose 
  white 
  hairs 
  ; 
  similar 
  

   squamose 
  hairs 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  as 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  three 
  

   furrows 
  of 
  the 
  elytra; 
  these 
  furrows 
  are 
  opaque, 
  finely 
  punc- 
  

   tate, 
  depressed 
  and 
  hairy; 
  the 
  widest 
  runs 
  along 
  the 
  suture, 
  the 
  

   other 
  two 
  are 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus, 
  narrowed 
  

   thence 
  and 
  unite 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  callus; 
  abdomen 
  and 
  pectus 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  fine, 
  small, 
  distant 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  fore 
  legs 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   are 
  brown, 
  the 
  smaller 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  is 
  very 
  small." 
  

  

  " 
  Juxta-sutural 
  part 
  only 
  deeply 
  grooved, 
  and 
  filled 
  with 
  more 
  

   closely 
  set 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  musculus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Ibid., 
  p. 
  150. 
  

  

  " 
  Fuscous, 
  prothorax 
  with 
  an 
  aeneous 
  tinge, 
  whole 
  body 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  long, 
  greyish 
  hairs. 
  

   Length 
  2 
  lin. 
  $ 
  $ 
  . 
  

   Var. 
  Elytra 
  and 
  hind 
  legs 
  rufous. 
  

  

  