1900.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 505 



but obliterated in the posterior part, fourth feebly indicated by some 

 punctures in the anterior part only ; metasternum impressed and 

 with a median, longitudinal line. 



Male unknown. 



Length 9 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Ovampoland. 



Distinguished from the female of 0. zambesiauus by the more 

 deeply and closely punctate prothorax, and the more distinctly 

 impressed supra-basal part. 



Gen. OCHOD^US, Lepeil and Serv., 

 Encycl. Meth., x., 1825, p. 360. 



Mentum rounded laterally, attenuate in front, emarginate at tip ; 

 ligula membranous, bi-lobate, projecting beyond the mentum ; last joint 

 of labial palpi smaller than the second ; maxillae robust, apical lobe 

 sub-triangular, strongly. ciliate, inner lobe with a long process hooked 

 inwardly, last joint of maxillary palpi long, sub-cylindrical, truncate 

 at tip ; mandibles semicircular, compressed, acute at tip, and slightly 

 bi-dentate inwardly ; labrum long, strongly emarginate at tip ; clypeus 

 sub-circular and with the margin carinate, eyes large, not divided by 

 the canthus of the genge, antennge ten-jointed, club large, lenticular ; 

 head simple ; prothorax also simple, convex, a little ampliate laterally 

 and marginate all round ; scutellum ogival, depressed ; elytra oblong, 

 convex, punctato-striate ; pygidium sub-triangular, partly covered by 

 the elytra ; abdominal segments partly soldered, and of nearly 

 equal width in the middle, except the last one ; intermediate and 

 posterior coxge nearly contiguous, also lamelliform, but not as 

 strongly developed as in Orphnus ; metasternum not produced 

 between the intermediate coxge ; legs robust, anterior tibiae tri- 

 dentate outwardly, but with the basal tooth much smaller than the 

 other two, very oblique inwardly and provided with a very long 

 apical spur, inner angle very sharp in the male ; anterior tarsi very 

 slender, claws wide apart and also very slender ; intermediate and pos- 

 terior tibiae bi-carinate on the upper side, and bristly, but not serrate, 

 apical spurs set in the inner angle, long, and not equal in length. 



OCHOD^US CAPICOLA, U. SpeC. 



Testaceous red, briefly but densely pubescent ; head roughly and 

 closely punctate ; antennae flavescent ; prothorax covered with 

 closely set, triangular granules, it is distinctly emarginate all round, 



