﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  857 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  3J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  li 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (no 
  exact 
  locality). 
  

  

  Gymnoloma 
  spuria, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  chestnut-brown 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  with 
  faint 
  

   traces 
  of 
  scattered 
  whitish 
  scales, 
  often 
  rubbed 
  off, 
  elytra 
  with 
  a 
  

   juxta-sutural 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  elongate 
  scales 
  beginning 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  

   median 
  part 
  and 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  discoidal 
  one 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  

   covered 
  with 
  elongate, 
  not 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  white 
  scales, 
  abdominal 
  

   segments 
  edged 
  with 
  elongate 
  scales, 
  pectus 
  pubescent; 
  head 
  and 
  

   prothorax 
  scabroso-punctate 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  distinctly 
  acuminate 
  

   laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  emarginjate 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  the 
  

   whole 
  head 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  sub-navescent, 
  villose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   grooved 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  clothed 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  

   very 
  long, 
  sub-flavescent 
  villose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  non-scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   elongate, 
  sinuate 
  laterally 
  below 
  the 
  shoulder, 
  but 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  

   narrowed 
  from 
  there 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  very 
  closely 
  punctate, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  coriaceous, 
  and 
  having 
  two 
  not 
  very 
  distinct 
  costules 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate 
  outwardly, 
  claws 
  double, 
  and 
  each 
  

   cleft 
  apically, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  ones 
  single, 
  

   but 
  the 
  latter 
  only 
  are 
  simple 
  ; 
  club 
  of 
  antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  five 
  

   joints 
  preceding. 
  In 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  mentum 
  are 
  not 
  

   very 
  sharp. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-3^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  KNYSNA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  long, 
  oblong, 
  somewhat 
  slender, 
  not 
  deeply 
  constricted 
  

   laterally 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   outer 
  angles 
  distinct 
  and 
  slightly 
  bristly, 
  but 
  not 
  penicillate 
  ; 
  lobe 
  

   of 
  maxillae 
  short, 
  slightly 
  penicillate, 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  apical 
  tooth 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  sharply 
  trifid, 
  and 
  three 
  lower 
  down, 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  

   maxillary 
  and 
  labial 
  palpi 
  fusiform, 
  the 
  latter 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  

   swollen 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  a 
  truncate 
  cone 
  emarginate 
  at 
  

   apex 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine- 
  jointed, 
  club 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  four 
  preceding 
  

   joints 
  taken 
  together 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  

   in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  bi-sinuate 
  along 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  

   longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  short, 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  at 
  

   the 
  tip 
  ; 
  elytra 
  elongate, 
  parallel, 
  not 
  sinuate 
  laterally, 
  and 
  covering 
  

   the 
  dorsal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  except 
  the 
  propygidium 
  ; 
  

  

  