1904.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera oj South Africa. 193 



the collections of Candeze, Thomson, &c, but the greatest confusion 

 prevails in the identification of the South i\frican species, of which 

 I describe now seventy-seven. 



Key to the Species. 



A 2 . Anterior tibiae tri-dentate outwardly. 



B 2 . Upper tooth of anterior claws as robust or nearly as robust 

 as the lower, and as long or longer. 



C 3 . Basal joint of hind tarsi longer than the second. 



Black ; body globose ; prothorax with scabrose closely set 

 punctures, each puncture having a plainly squamose white 

 hair. ? saginata. 



Chestnut- brown ; prothorax scabrose ; body elongated ; 

 each puncture with a most minute hair on the upper 

 side. ? bosclrimaiKt. 



C 2 . Basal joint of hind tarsi as long as the second. 



a?. Clypeus with a median longitudinal carina. 



//-. Penultimate abdominal segment not broader than the 

 antepenultimate. 



Ferruginous-red ; prothorax closely scabroso-punctate 

 from the apex for two-thirds of the length ; pygidium 

 with scabrose punctures. <j ciliata. 



Pale testaceous ; prothorax with closely set, round, 

 non-scabrose punctures. ? crinita. 



Black; prothorax with broad, round punctures; elytra 

 with a brush-like band of fulvous hairs along the 

 posterior margin of the elytra. ? globator. 



Black ; prothorax with broad, deep punctures ; elytra 

 without the brush-like band of fulvous hairs . . . . idonea. 



b l . Penultimate abdominal segment broader than the 



antepenultimate. % 



Ferruginous-red ; prothorax closely scabroso-punctate 

 from the apex to two-thirds of the length ; pygidium 

 with non-scabrose punctures comosa. 



a T . Clypeus without a median longitudinal carina. 



Ferruginous-red ; clypeus obtuse but not sinuated in 

 front ; prothorax with shallow, scattered punctures, not 

 scrobiculate laterally. $ fartula. 



C ! . Basal joint of hind tarsi longer than the second. 



D 2 . Prothorax ampliated laterally past the middle, but 

 narrowed thence towards the basal angle. 



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