1904.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 217 



the pro-thorax and of the elytra has a fringe of somewhat long ciliae, 

 and the pectus is only briefly pubescent ; clypeus sub-truncate in 

 the anterior part the median part of which is slightly emarginate, 

 the clypeal carina is very sharp, arcuate, and behind it there is a 

 straight impressed line, the basal carina is not very sharp, and the 

 whole surface is covered with rugulose, closely set foveolate punc- 

 tures filled with a conspicuously broad lanceolate flavescent-greyish 

 scale ; prothorax ampliate laterally at about the median part and 

 a little more diagonally attenuate thence towards the apex than 

 towards the base, serrate and covered with foveate punctures 

 separated from each other by a space equal to half their diameter 

 and filled with broad appressed scales like those on the prothorax, 

 there is in the centre a faintly raised, smooth, short, longitudinal 

 •area, and in the female, and also in some very small male examples, 

 there are occasionally faint, wavy, irregular, smooth, transverse 

 bands ; scutellum filled with foveate punctures ; elytra moderately 

 elongate, slightly ampliated laterally past the median part, covered 

 with foveate punctures separated from each other by a space equal 

 to their own diameter, and filled, like the head and prothorax, by a 

 conspicuous scale ; basal part of propygidium and the whole pygi- 

 dium covered with deep punctures bearing each a very short seta ; 

 penultimate abdominal segment not wider than the antepenul- 

 timate, ultimate one narrow, not swollen ; pectus clothed with scales 

 laterally, abdominal segments each with three rows of squamose 

 appressed hairs ; anterior tibiae tri-dentate, tarsi somewhat long, 

 upper claw of the anterior ones longer than the lower, a little more 

 slender and slightly emarginate underneath at the tip; basal joint 

 of hind tarsi very little longer than the second, moderately clubbed 

 at the tip ; legs with a few hairs and a few scales. 



In spite of its resemblance to S. idonea, this species is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the scaly covering. The genital armature differs also 

 considerably in shape. The female is slightly wider than the male 

 across the posterior part of the elytra ; the tarsi are of the same 

 length as in the male. 



Length 7J-13 mm.*; width 4J-7J mm. 



The type of S. ' liliputana, Brsk., is a very small example, probably 

 a stunted form caused by a lack of food in its early stage. I have 

 seen three similar examples from Frere, in Natal. In spite of their 

 very small size, the genital armature does not in the least differ from 

 that of the large examples. 



The range of this species is somewhat wide. 



Hab. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch), Natal (Frere, Durban, Um- 

 voti), Ovampoland. 



