﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  893 
  

  

  scattered 
  short 
  whitish-yellow 
  hairs; 
  scutellum 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  legs 
  brown, 
  hind 
  legs 
  black. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  lin. 
  ; 
  width 
  1J- 
  lin. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope." 
  

  

  Hoplia 
  caffra, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  484. 
  

  

  " 
  Broad, 
  black, 
  shining, 
  punctate, 
  setose 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-den- 
  

   tate 
  ; 
  claws 
  cleft, 
  posterior 
  ones 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  From 
  Caffraria. 
  Eeceived 
  from 
  Herr 
  Zeyher. 
  Similar 
  to 
  Hoplia 
  

   morio 
  (from 
  Madagascar), 
  but 
  much 
  broader, 
  black, 
  shiny, 
  punctate, 
  

   and 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  whitish 
  hair 
  in 
  each 
  puncture 
  ; 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  

   under 
  side 
  are 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  scale-like 
  ; 
  antennae 
  small, 
  brown 
  ; 
  

   legs 
  thick, 
  strong, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  three 
  thick 
  

   obtuse 
  teeth, 
  the 
  claws 
  brown, 
  all 
  cleft, 
  only 
  the 
  hind 
  ones 
  simple, 
  

   no 
  spur 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae." 
  

  

  Congella 
  tessellatula 
  may 
  perhaps 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  this 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  MICEODOEIS, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  i., 
  p. 
  32. 
  

  

  " 
  Body 
  tolerably 
  slender 
  on 
  the 
  whole, 
  somewhat 
  flattened 
  

   but 
  rotundate 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  

   is 
  flat 
  and 
  disk-like, 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  slightly 
  reflexed, 
  and 
  

   decidedly 
  larger 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  

   ten-jointed, 
  but 
  without 
  sexual 
  differences. 
  The 
  quite 
  soft, 
  almost 
  

   membranous 
  labrum 
  and 
  similarly 
  constructed 
  mandibles 
  are 
  not 
  

   distinguishable 
  externally 
  but 
  are 
  hidden 
  deep 
  under 
  the 
  widely 
  pro- 
  

   jecting 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  the 
  under 
  jaw 
  and 
  under 
  lip 
  are 
  also 
  

   delicately 
  formed, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  reason 
  why 
  I 
  could 
  perceive 
  

   no 
  membranous 
  bi-lobate 
  ligula 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  ligular 
  portion, 
  

   which, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  mentum 
  ; 
  galea 
  of 
  the 
  maxillae 
  

   small, 
  toothless, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  long 
  pencil 
  of 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  thin 
  slender 
  

   palps 
  project 
  far 
  forwards 
  ; 
  end 
  joint 
  of 
  labial 
  palpi 
  ovately 
  swollen 
  ; 
  

   pronotum 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  somewhat 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  

   but 
  not 
  broader 
  behind 
  than 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  small, 
  cordate 
  ; 
  

   elytra 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  not 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  

   but 
  rounded 
  apically 
  ; 
  legs 
  short, 
  not 
  very 
  strong 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  

   with 
  three 
  outer 
  teeth, 
  somewhat 
  weak 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  four 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  tibiae 
  have 
  an 
  apical 
  spur, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  anterior 
  ones 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  only 
  

  

  