THE TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



>0ttt| yihum y\xlmtx^\ml ^txmiti. 



DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE COLEOPTERA OF 

 SOUTH AFRICA. By L. PiRmauEY, F.E.S., F.Z.S., etc., 



AssT- Curator South African Museum. 



PART I. 



Order: COLEOPTERA. 



Family : CIOINDELID^. 



Mentum notched, labium very short, hidden by the mentum ; maxilloe 

 long, slender, ciliated inwardly, ending in an articulated hook, and 

 with an inner palpiform, bi-articulated process ; mandibles long, 

 falcate, with several teeth on the inner curve ; palpi quadri-articulated ; 

 antennas with eleven joints ; legs slender, nearly always very long ; 

 tibiae not notched on the inner side ; tarsi five jointed. 



