1896.] of the ColeojHera of South Africa. 383 



Prothorax with only three setigerous punctures ; eighth 

 interval not much broader than the intra-marginal carina, not 

 overhanging the outer margin ; the fifth and sixth striae dis- 

 tinctly punctured oviventris. 



Sixth and seventh intervals of elytra carinate ; fifth and 

 sixth striae smooth, with two series of granulations Transvaalensis. 



Haploteachelus pasimachoides, Chaud., 

 Monogr., loc. cit., 1879, p. 164. 



Black, hardly shining ; head quadrate, with two triangular impres- 

 sions in the anterior part ; epistome with longitudinal plicae invading 

 the impressions ; prothorax smooth, twice as broad as long, the 

 outer sides rounded from the anterior to the posterior angle, and 

 slightly oblique from there towards the median part of the base, 

 which does not project ; elytra excavated at the base, with the 

 humeral angle sharp, elongato-ovate, convex, as broad as the 

 prothorax, very faintly striate, with the intervals almost plane, 

 except the seventh one, which is a little raised, but the intra-marginal 

 carina is very sharp and reaches from the humeral angle to the suture ; 

 in the posterior part are two setigerous punctures at a short distance 

 from the apex, and there is also a series of small punctures in the 

 excavation of the base, and between the intra-marginal carina and the 

 margin ; episterna of the prosternum finely granulated ; anterior 

 tibiae not dentate above the digitation. Length 28-37 mm. ; width 

 10-13 mm. 



Hab. Natal (Frere), Zululand, according to De Chaudoir. 



The facies of a small example from Frere is almost identical with 

 that of a female of Pachyodontiis languiclus. 



Haplotrachelus polypleueus. Bates, 

 Entom. Month. Mag., 1875, vol. xi., p. 177. 



Black, hardly shining on the upper side ; head quadrate, with two 

 deep impressions on each side filled with longitudinal folds reaching 

 the apex of the epistome and projecting also beyond the impressions; 

 prothorax a little broader than the head, moderately rounded from 

 the apical to the posterior angle, but more obliquely produced from 

 there towards the median part of the base than in H. pashnachoides ; 

 this median part of the base projects slightly, and is nearly smooth 

 on the disk but plicate all round ; elytra hardly broader than the 

 prothorax, ovate, truncate and emarginate at the base, with the 

 humeral angle sharp, short, one-fourth longer than broad, moderately 

 convex in the posterior part, with six moderately raised sharp lines 

 disappearing beyond the median part, separated by broad shagreened 

 intervals, intra-marginal carina very sharp and reaching from 



