﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  887 
  

  

  Kabula 
  maequeza, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Dark 
  chestnut-brown 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  straight 
  laterally 
  and 
  in 
  

   front, 
  but 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  very 
  deeply 
  hollowed, 
  

   with 
  the 
  margins 
  slightly 
  reflexed, 
  and 
  divided 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  raised 
  line, 
  it 
  is 
  granulose, 
  but 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  very 
  obliquely 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  to 
  the 
  

   median 
  part, 
  ampliated 
  and 
  rounded 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  very 
  finely 
  

   punctulate, 
  without 
  any 
  traces 
  of 
  larger 
  punctures, 
  and 
  having 
  some 
  

   appressed 
  squamulose 
  hairs 
  short 
  and 
  not 
  set 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  but 
  not 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  latter 
  

   at 
  its 
  widest 
  part, 
  a 
  little 
  ampliated 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   moderately 
  convex, 
  plainly 
  tri-costate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  suture 
  

   is 
  a 
  little 
  raised, 
  the 
  two 
  intermediate 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  suture 
  

   and 
  the 
  second 
  costa 
  are 
  also 
  slightly 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  they 
  

   are 
  very 
  coriaceous, 
  and 
  moderately 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  small, 
  

   not 
  closely 
  set 
  squamulose 
  greyish 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  have 
  a 
  

   small, 
  apical 
  spur, 
  and 
  the 
  double 
  but 
  unequal 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  are 
  strongly 
  diverging. 
  

  

  Length 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mozambique 
  (Lourenco-Marquez), 
  

  

  CONGELLA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  broadly 
  grooved 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  face, 
  ovate 
  

   laterally 
  and 
  very 
  plainly 
  attenuated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  it 
  

   expands, 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  rounded, 
  not 
  penicillate, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  

   part 
  is 
  somewhat 
  broadly 
  sinuate, 
  maxillae 
  robust, 
  moderately 
  

   elongated, 
  inner 
  lobe 
  indistinct 
  but 
  ending 
  into 
  a 
  sharp 
  tooth, 
  upper 
  

   lobe 
  horny, 
  short 
  not 
  penicillate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  concave 
  and 
  armed 
  

   inwardly 
  with 
  six 
  sharp, 
  powerful 
  teeth, 
  apical 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  labial 
  

   and 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  elongated, 
  fusiform 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  short, 
  nearly 
  para- 
  

   bolic 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  obtuse 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  anterior 
  part, 
  not 
  plainly 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  suture 
  : 
  antennae 
  ten-jointed, 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  gradually 
  thickened 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  seven 
  

   following 
  joints 
  taken 
  together, 
  second 
  joint 
  strongly 
  moniliform, 
  the 
  

   other 
  four 
  conical 
  and 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length, 
  seventh 
  aculeate 
  under- 
  

   neath, 
  the 
  three-jointed 
  club 
  moderately 
  small, 
  elongato-ovate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  

   large, 
  deeply 
  divided 
  by 
  the 
  canthus 
  of 
  the 
  genas, 
  prothorax 
  short 
  

   but 
  broad, 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  base 
  not 
  arcuate 
  but 
  slightly 
  bi- 
  

   sinuate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  short, 
  ogival 
  ; 
  elytra 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   sub-parallel, 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  dorsal 
  part, 
  slightly 
  callose 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  near 
  the 
  apex, 
  not 
  sinuate 
  nor 
  attenuate 
  laterally, 
  covering 
  the 
  

  

  