1896.] of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 385 



more parallel than in the female, and the outer intervals also more 

 carinate. Length 34-36 mm. ; width 10|~12 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Butterworth, Griqualand West, Tsomo), 

 Natal (Maritzburg), Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



Haploteachelus subcrenatus, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1855, i., p. 18. 



Head and pro thorax as in H. holcoi^leurus ; elytra shaped alike, 

 narrowly striate, with the first three intervals plane, the fourth 

 broadest of all and slightly convex, the fifth and seventh narrow, 

 carinate, while the sixth is broader and more convex, the sixth and 

 seventh are roughly plicate, the seventh has a series of setigerous 

 punctures more regular from the median part to the apex, and there 

 is a long seta on the posterior part of the third interval ; base with 

 a few granules on each side ; anterior tibiae with two denticulations 

 above the digitation. Length 30-34 mm. ; width 9-lOJ- mm. 



In some female examples the first stria near the suture has dis- 

 appeared altogether or is almost obliterated. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



Haploteachelus ovipennis, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1843, p. 732. 

 H. ignobilis, Chaud., Monogr., loc. cit., p. 169. 



Like an H. holcopleurus of greatly reduced size ; the elytra are 

 more convex ; the setigerous punctures on the posterior part of the 

 third interval are the same ; the anterior tibiae, how^ever, have ^no 

 denticulation above the digitation. Length 18-30 mm. ; width 

 5|— 9 mm. 



Hah. Cape (Tsomo), Natal. 



Haploteachelus capicola, Dej., 

 Spec. Col., v., p. 496. 



A little smaller than H. ovipennis, but the facies is identical ; the 

 elytra are equally convex ; the setigerous punctures are alike, but 

 the anterior tibiae are bidentate above the digitation. Length 18- 

 21 mm. ; width 6-7 mm. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Grahamstown). 



Haploteachelus Deegei, Chaud., 

 Monogr., loc. cit., p. 170. 



Size, shape, and colouring of H. holcopleuriis ; but the elytra are 

 more convex in both sexes, the punctures on the third and seventh 



