1904.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 195 



Frontal part of the head granular ; last 



abdominal segment broad, swollen . . . . exasperans. 



Frontal part closely foveolate-punctate ; last 

 abdominal segment narrow, not swollen . . insuesa. 



Frontal part foveolate-punctate ; last ab- 

 dominal segment somewhat broad, very 

 swollen gonaqua. 



Prothorax with the punctures moderately 

 closely set and the intervals transversely 

 scabrose in the anterior part, forming 

 irregular, smooth, transverse folds in the 

 posterior part where the punctures are also 

 more scattered exacerbans- 



Prothorax with the punctures very closely 

 set in the anterior part, a little less so on 

 the posterior part where the intervals are 

 smooth and not raised prof'uga: 



Prothorax equally foveolate all over, the 

 fovese separated by narrow, raised, smooth 

 intervals continens. 



H'. Body not slender, massive and convex in the 

 female. 



a 2 . Clypeal carina sharp. 



Prothorax with broad, nearly equi-distant 

 fovese, separated by smooth, raised inter- 

 vals, and having a plain smooth median 

 band in both sexes, upper and under side 



with squamulose hairs ( carbonariai 



{ quanta. 



Prothorax with nearly equi-distant deep 

 punctures, each filled, as on the elytra 

 and under side, with a conspicuous white 

 scale, no median longitudinal smooth band squamifera. 



<t\ Clypeal carina very feebly indicated. 



Clypeus narrow but very broadly trun- 

 cate and not emarginate in front ; supra- 

 basal folds of prothorax non-interrupted 

 in the median part of the base bardic. 



G'. Penultimate abdominal segment wider than the 

 antepenultimate. 



a-. Upper tooth of anterior claws not emarginate 

 underneath towards the tip. 



No basal cephalic carina ; prothorax with 

 equally distant foveae separated by narrow, 

 smooth intervals minima. 



