1907.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 419 



mediate and posterior tibiae somewhat densely fringed with fulvous 

 hairs all along their length in both sexes. 



The range of this species is very wide in South Africa, but the 

 type form seems to be restricted to the Cape Colony, Natal, Orange 

 Eiver Colony, and the southern part of the Transvaal ; further north 

 the melanic or partly melanic variety nigricans prevails, and reaches 

 East Central Africa. 



Length 15-17 m ; width 8-9 mm. 



Sab. Cape Colony (Transkei) ; Natal (every district) ; Transvaal 

 (every district) ; Bechuanaland ; Ovampoland ; Southern Ehodesia 

 (Bulawayo, Salisbury, Mazoe, Sebakwe, Massikessi, Umtali, 

 Untokos). 



Gen. MAZOE, Pering., 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, p. 162. 



Mentum sub-parallel, ligular part very little narrower than the 

 mentum, truncate at apex and very slightly sinuate there, the 

 condyle of the labial palpi is lateral and apical, and only moderately 

 long, the apical joint of the labial palps is straight inwardly, sub- 

 fusiform outwardly ; maxillae moderately robust, upper lobe broadly 

 triangular, corneous, densely ciliate at the tip; joints of maxillary 

 palps moderately long, last one sub-cylindrical ; clypeus slightly 

 longer than the head, sub-parallel, or slightly rounded laterally, nearly 

 straight at apex, strangulate at the base and with the lateral and 

 apical margins very slightly raised, ocular canthus quite transverse ; 

 antennal club as long as the pedicel ; prothorax three times broader 

 at the base than at the apex and gradually sloping laterally from the 

 apex to about the median part, past which it is conspicuously 

 sinuate, the lateral part of the base is so produced as to cover half 

 the mesothoracic epimera, which are very narrow, the base is quite 

 straight ; scutellum very long and very sharp ; elytra not broader at 

 the shoulders than the base of the prothorax, attenuate behind, 

 plane, pluri-costate on each side ; pygidium one-third broader than 

 long, vertical in the $ ; legs slender, anterior tibiae bi-dentate 

 outwardly and with a faint trace of a third tooth ; hind tibiae with 

 a distinct tooth on the upper side, terminal part truncate, briefly 

 3-dentate, median and hind tarsi ciliate underneath, hind ones 

 somewhat compressed ; metathorax sending between the median 

 coxae a blunt process, which is vertical at tip; the prothorax is 

 almost straight along the base, and thus hides the greatest part of 

 the mesothoracic epimera, which are not much developed. 



The genus appears to be restricted to South Africa. 



