﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  859 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Eiversdale, 
  Caledon). 
  

  

  Knysna 
  sulcicollis, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Gymnoloma 
  sulcicollis, 
  Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom. 
  Mus. 
  Par., 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  reddish, 
  except 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  

   tarsi, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  head 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  elongate, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  hair-like 
  ashy-grey 
  scales, 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  and 
  a 
  

   supra-lateral 
  band 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  which 
  cover 
  also 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin, 
  scutellum, 
  elytra, 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  but 
  not 
  contiguous 
  elongate 
  scales 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   pattern 
  as 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  distinctly 
  acuminate 
  

   but 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  teeth 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  renexed 
  than 
  in 
  

   K. 
  humeralis 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  furrows, 
  and 
  

   the 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  elongate 
  and 
  very 
  dense, 
  may 
  

   be 
  said 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  except 
  the 
  two 
  median, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  raised 
  longitudinal 
  smooth 
  areas 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  only 
  one 
  distinct 
  

   discoidal 
  costule, 
  they 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  parallel 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  slight 
  

   median 
  amplication, 
  and 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  

   closely 
  set 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  propygidium 
  ; 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  

   with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  horizontal 
  claw 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  less 
  densely 
  scaly, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   costule 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  more 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   legs 
  has 
  no 
  tooth 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Length 
  6—7^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-|— 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town). 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  always 
  met 
  this 
  species 
  dragging 
  itself 
  clumsily 
  along 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  never 
  in 
  or 
  on 
  flowers. 
  

  

  OUTENIQUA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  short, 
  ovate, 
  strongly 
  incised 
  laterally 
  near 
  the 
  insertion 
  

   of 
  the 
  palpi, 
  strongly 
  dilated 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   straight 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  distinct 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  glabrous 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  

   armed 
  there 
  with 
  three 
  apical 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  bent 
  almost 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  

   (the 
  median 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  slightly 
  more 
  apical 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two), 
  

   and 
  another 
  trifid 
  transverse 
  one 
  lower 
  down 
  ; 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  labial 
  

   palpi 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  one 
  is 
  thick, 
  sub-fusiform 
  outwardly, 
  

   straighter 
  inwardly, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  maxillary 
  joint 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  swollen 
  

   inwardly, 
  and 
  straighter, 
  but 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  antennas 
  

   nine-jointed, 
  basal 
  joint 
  very 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  second 
  short, 
  beady, 
  

   fifth 
  and 
  sixth 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  short 
  lamellate 
  process 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

  

  