1907.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 431 



edge of the femora, sternal process strongly aculeate acuminate, 

 projecting well between the coxae and slanting slightly downwards ; 

 anterior tibiae of $ bi-dentate outwardly in both sexes ; tarsi 

 moderately long, sub-cylindrical on the upper side, the basal ones 

 not triangularly dilated in either sex. 



The genus was founded by Kraatz for the reception of two African 

 species, one of which I have removed into another genus. 



Key to the Species. 



Prothorax red with two black dots ; elytra slightly attenuate behind, 

 reddish brown, narrowly marginate with fuscous and with the suture 

 black, or completely black infuscata. 



Prothorax flavous, with a wide central black patch, occasionally 



divided into two ; elytra black, distinctly narrowed behind cincticollis . 



Pseudoclinteeia infuscata, Gor. and Perch., 

 Monogr. d. Cet., p. 379, pi. 77, fig. 6. 



Var. maculicollis , Schoch., Ent. Nachr., 1896, p. 330. 



Black, glabrous, moderately opaque on the upper side ; the 

 prothorax is either black (type form) or brick-red, and has in the 

 centre two black dots. This type form is, however, seldom met with 

 in the South African area, the examples found there have the elytra 

 reddish brown with a slight lake tinge, the suture is black, the basal 

 moderately broadly infuscate, and the outer margins narrowly so ; 

 the head is deeply and closely punctate, the punctures are smaller 

 on the clypeus ; prothorax sparingly punctate, the punctures are 

 small and partially or completely hidden by the opaque tomentum ; 

 elytra only slightly attenuate behind, very obsoletely bi-costulate 

 and having regular series of ovate non-coalescing cicatricose 

 punctures which are no longer seriate in the lateral deflexed part ; 

 sides of abdomen with cicatricose, scattered punctures ; metasternum 

 and legs strigillate punctate, sternal process punctulate, the suture 

 faintly distinct laterally ; legs briefly pubescent inwardly. 



Length 12^-13 J mm. ; width 6J- 7 mm. 



Hah. Transvaal (Pretoria) ; Southern Ehodesia (Sebakwe — type 

 form and also variety — Manica, Victoria Falls, Enkeldoorn, Salisbury, 

 Mt. Chirinda) ; Mozambique (Beira). 



I have not seen the type of C. maculicollis, Sch., but from the 

 description it seems to be a slight variety of the type, the difference 

 consisting in the discoidal black patch of the prothorax being divided 

 not two triangular macules. 



