﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  879 
  

  

  head 
  very 
  rugose, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  somewhat 
  fulvous 
  

   pubescence 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  also 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  moderately 
  long 
  erect 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  not 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   elongate, 
  very 
  slightly 
  sinuate 
  laterally, 
  not 
  very 
  distinctly 
  tri- 
  

   costulate, 
  and 
  having 
  rows 
  of 
  very 
  short 
  erect 
  bristles 
  ; 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  are 
  rufescent, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  

   intermediate 
  tarsi 
  is 
  very 
  small, 
  and 
  often 
  obliterated, 
  and 
  only 
  

   the 
  outer 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs 
  is 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3|- 
  4J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Kowie, 
  East 
  London) 
  ; 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  

   Maritzburg). 
  

  

  Microplidus 
  pumilus, 
  Bohem., 
  

   Insect. 
  Caffr., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  160. 
  

  

  Chestnut-brown, 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  the 
  under 
  sides 
  with 
  

   closely 
  set 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  contiguous, 
  small, 
  elongate, 
  slightly 
  flavescent 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  not 
  

   pubescent, 
  the 
  whole 
  head 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  scales, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  

   much 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  quite 
  

   similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  not 
  plainly 
  costulate, 
  

   but 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  there 
  are 
  faint 
  rows 
  of 
  

   minute 
  whitish 
  bristles 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  

   under 
  side 
  are 
  finer, 
  more 
  appressed, 
  and 
  more 
  hair-like 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side, 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  have 
  a 
  third 
  minute 
  outer 
  tooth 
  ; 
  

   inner 
  claw 
  of 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   outer. 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  Microplidus 
  persimilis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Chestnut-brown 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  rufescent 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  

   which 
  it 
  greatly 
  resembles, 
  and 
  also 
  covered 
  above 
  and 
  under 
  with 
  

   flavescent 
  scales, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  elongate, 
  the 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  

   smaller, 
  are 
  more 
  closely 
  set, 
  thus 
  almost 
  obscuring 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  

   background, 
  and 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  and 
  pygidial 
  part 
  are 
  round 
  

   and 
  also 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  ; 
  each 
  elytron 
  has 
  four 
  plain 
  rows 
  of 
  whitish 
  

   bristles 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  a 
  sutural 
  and 
  an 
  outer 
  marginal 
  one 
  ; 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  normally 
  bi-dentate 
  outwardly, 
  both 
  the 
  claws 
  

   of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  single 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  are 
  cleft, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  is 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer. 
  

  

  Length 
  6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  