1904.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 89 



inwardly into an angle or even a sharp tooth at its junction with 

 the second joint which is short, sub-moniliform, the basal one is 

 short and thick ; prothorax hardly ampliated laterally in the middle 

 if seen from above, and with both the anterior and posterior angles 

 rounded ; scutellum ogival ; elytra cylindrical, slightly callose at the 

 shoulders, not at the apex, slightly costulate, covering the pro- 

 pygidium ; apical part of the broad pygidium somewhat drawn 

 forward ; abdominal segments free, the basal one obliterated ; meta- 

 sternum very long ; legs moderately robust, tarsi long ; anterior 

 tibiae bi-dentate outwardly, and having a very long, slender inner 

 spur, posterior ones with a plain, oblique ridge, apical spurs very 

 long and slender ; claws slender and simple. 



Key to the Species. 



Inner joint of antennal club of male as long as the joint following ; 



third joint of pedicel sharply aculeate at the base Ughtfooti. 



Inner joint of antennal club of male not so long as the joint following ; 



third joint of pedicel not aculeate cereris. 



TULBAGHIA LIGHTFOOTI, n. spec. 



Head and prothorax dark chestnut, the elytra, pygidium, under 

 side and legs lighter chestnut-brown, antennas of the male also 

 chestnut-brown ; clypeus semi-circular in front and without traces 

 of anterior angles, sub-sinuate laterally, deeply hollowed in the 

 anterior part and having a short median tubercle, more deeply 

 punctured in the posterior than in the anterior part and with the 

 suture dividing it from the forehead broad and smooth; forehead 

 plane, closely punctulate ; prothorax sub-parallel laterally, only 

 slightly obliquely narrowed in the anterior and posterior parts, 

 and with the two angles equally rounded, rather plane, fringed 

 with long, somewhat dense hairs, and covered with deep some- 

 what irregularly disposed punctures; scutellum punctulate late- 

 rally; elytra sub-cylindrical, but not much convex, closely and 

 somewhat deeply pitted, and with the two dorsal costules distinct, 

 outer margin fringed with somewhat long hairs ; pygidium closely 

 punctate and pubescent in the apical part ; the closely punctured 

 abdomen, pectus, and femora have a long but not very dense flaves- 

 cent pubescence. 



Length 11 mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Tulbagh). 



This species is not unlike a Pachypod in general appearance. 



