1900.] Catalogue of the CoUoptcra of South Africa. 299 



A^ Lateral margin of protliorax sulcata, not crertulate behind. 

 B\ Intervals of elytra punctate. 

 a~. Intervals plane. 



Prothorax impressed on each side bias. 



a\ Intervals convex. 



Prothorax deeply impressed on each side, median part sub- 



lobate, pseudepipleural stria absent spectabilis. 



Prothorax faintly impressed laterally ; intervals of elytra 

 sub-tectiform, a pseudepipleural stria jgolitulus. 



Prothorax not impressed laterally, intervals of elytra 

 depressed, the striate parts raised diibiiis. 



Maceoderes gkeeni, Kirby, 



Trans. Lin. Soc, xii., p. 397. 



Westw., Trans. Ent. Soc, iv., p. 228, pi. xvi., fig. 4. 



Black, opaque ; palpi and antennae reddish, club of the latter 

 flavescent; clypeus covered with elongate, wavy punctures forming a 

 very distinct, unequal plication, posterior part of the head covered 

 with closely set, slightly scabrose punctures, frontal carina slightly 

 arcuate in both sexes, very fine and connected at each end with the 

 basal part of the suture of the gense which is distinct for about half 

 the length ; prothorax convex, but sloping in front for nearly hoXi 

 the length, very slightly depressed on each side in both sexes, and a 

 little depressed also in the median part of the base, in the female 

 this depression has a central longitudinal impressed line reaching to 

 a short distance from the centre, the whole surface is covered with 

 small foveas enclosing a minute, elongate granule, except along the 

 outer margin where the foveas are scrobiculate ; elytra finely striate, 

 striae shining and slightly punctate, intervals very finely aciculate, 

 convex, sub-tectiform, and filled with scabrose punctures or granules 

 somewhat closely, although irregularly, set ; pygidium deeply but 

 not very closely pitted ; the whole metasternum is deeply and closely 

 pitted, the suture with the mesosternum is nearly obliterated. 



Length 10-11 mm. ; width 7-8J mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (exact locality not recorded). 



Maceodeees bias, Oliv., 



Plate XXXVIII. , fig. 28. 



Entom., i., 3, p. 236; pi. xxviii., fig. 218. 



Black, sub-opaque ; head covered with closely set punctures 

 behind the carina and with elongate transverse ones in front of it ; 



