1892.] to the South African Coleopterous Fauna. 109 



ovate, with a long spine at the hase, constricted at the tip and ending 

 in a short spine, not deeply grooved externally and the groove hardly 

 crenulated ; prothorax divided in two, the anterior part very much 

 higher than the posterior and produced in a high ridge with a very 

 few short setas, the posterior one very deeply excavated in the centre 

 and with two tubercles on each side of the excavation ; elytra 

 parallel, of a lighter colour than the head and prothorax, deeply 

 punctured, and briefly pubescent ; femora strongly clavate in the 

 middle, with the anterior tibine much curved inwardly. 



This species might be taken at first sight for P. Bohemani, but the 

 conical process of the head is much shorter ; the shape of the club 

 of the antenna? is the same, but not so sharp nor so long, the 

 groove of the outer part is not so deep, nor is it crenulated ; the pro- 

 thorax is shaped in the same manner, although the anterior part does 

 not lean so much forward and is thus more vertical behind ; it is also 

 very briefly setulose all over the upper part, while Bohemani is 

 covered with long, greyish, erect setae, and is more hirsute than any 

 other South African species. 



Transvaal (Potchefstroom). 



Family : SILPHIDJE. 

 t^en. Calyptomerus. Redt. 



C. CAPENSIS. 



Rufo ferrugineus, nitidis simus, pilis albidis brevissimis adspersus, 

 palpis, antennis prothoraceque flavidis. 



Long. 1, lat. | mm . 



Rusty red, very shining ; head very broad, semi-circular in front, 

 very briefly pubescent, antennas and palpi pale-yellow ; prothorax 

 of a lighter colour than the head and elytra, and with a few scattered 

 whitish bristles ; elytra very convex; not broader than the prothorax 

 .•at the base, a little ampliated at about the middle, very smooth, with 

 very scattered whitish bristles ; legs pale-yellow. 



Cape Colony (Cape Town). 



