1904.] Catalogue of the Goleoptera of South Africa. 97 



more or less deeply infuscate ; club of antennae flavous in the male, 

 piceous-red in the female ; smaller than C. modesta, but of the same 

 shape ; clypeus deeply emarginate in front in the male, slightly less 

 in the female, clypeal ridge and frontal suture distinct in both sexes ; 

 club of antennae 6-jointed in the male, the inner joint being always 

 a little shorter than the one following, the fourth joint of the 

 pedicel is slightly aculeate, but not laminate ; in the female the 

 club is 5-jointed, but the inner joint is only half as long as the 

 one following, and the fifth one of the pedicel is very sharply 

 acuminate ; head and prothorax closely punctulate ; elytra covered 

 with somewhat deep round punctures separated by a smooth 

 interval equal to their own diameter, the dorsal costules are plainly 

 visible. 



Length 10-11 mm. ; width 5-6 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Port Elizabeth, Graham's Town, Uitenhage): 

 Natal (Durban, Umvoti). 



Camenta (Hybocamenta) comacea, n. spec. 



Closely allied to C. nigrita, and similar in shape ; the colour is 

 light or brown chestnut, with the head somewhat infuscate, and the 

 punctures on the elytra are divided by irregular raised intervals,, 

 giving the elytra a very coriaceous appearance. 



Length 9J- mm. ; width 5 mm. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Kowie). 



Camenta (Hybocamenta) pallidula, Fahr., 

 Insect. Caffr., ii., p. 115. 



Also closely allied to G. simillima, and merely differs from it by 

 the plainly emarginate clypeus and the less parallel shape, this last 

 is due to the elytra being a little ampliated laterally past the middle ; 

 the colouring is also different, the head is infuscate as in C. simillima,, 

 but the prothorax and elytra are a deeper testaceous, turning to dark 

 chestnut-brown, or nearly black, and the punctures of the elytra 

 are slightly deeper; antennal club of male as in G, simillima, but 

 flavous instead of black. 



Length 5 mm. ; width 3J mm. 



Hab. Natal (Durban). 



Fahraeus in his description compares this species with Ablabera 

 testacea, Fahr., loc. cit., p. 114 ; the latter, however, belongs to the 

 Sericid genus, Ablaberoicles. 



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