

1904.] Catalogue of the Colcoptera of South Africa. 197 



Testaceous-red, shining, head small, clypeus semi- 

 circular ; prothorax with round punctures, sub- 

 scabrose only in the anterior part ; pectus densely 

 hairy, basal joint of hind tarsi very small in the male villosa. 



ft 1 . Penultimate abdominal segment wider than the 

 antepenultimate. 



Piceous, body slightly depressed, head small; pro- 

 thorax with the punctures cicatricose and scabrose 

 in the anterior part, less scabrose in the median 

 posterior part, and having a plain median smooth 

 space ; upper tooth of claws plainly emarginate 

 underneath at the tip dissensa. 



Chestnut-brown, body cylindrical, head large ; punc- 

 tures on the prothorax round, not scabrose ; upper 

 tooth of claws not emarginate underneath fraudulenta. 



a 1 . Female only. 



c-. Head broad. 



Body massive, convex ; prothorax with round foveee 

 and raised smooth intervals, closely scabrose at the 

 anterior part of the sides ; penultimate abdominal 

 segment with a basal transverse median groove . . infarsa. 



c\ Head narrow. 



Body massive, clypeal carina moderately arcuate, 

 suture distinct ; prothorax with round, somewhat 

 scattered punctures, with the intervals smooth and 

 plane. ? neutra. 



B\ Upper tooth of anterior claws much more slender and 

 shorter, seldom as long as the lower in the male. 



C 1 . Basal hind tarsal joint shorter than the second. 



D 2 . Prothorax bulging laterally just past the middle, and 

 narrowed thence towards the base. 



E 2 . Penultimate abdominal segment not wider than 

 the antepenultimate. 



F 2 . Upper tooth only of anterior claws shorter than 

 the lower. 



No prothoracic supra-basal fold ; upper tooth of 

 anterior claws very small, sometimes indistinct ; 

 prothorax with round foveolate punctures all over immixta* 



F 1 . Upper tooth of each claw shorter than the lower. 



a 2 . Head with a basal carina. 



No prothoracic supra-basal fold ; prothorax with 



round, foveolate punctures all over fraudigera.. 



