1908.] Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 655 



Sub-Family KXJTELIN^E. 



Gen. ADOBETUS, Cast. Cat. i., p. 565. 

 Adoretus debilis, n. sp. 



Female : Pale testaceous, moderately shiny, the head with the 

 exception of the clypeus is black, on the prothorax are two discoidal 

 fuscous patches situated past the middle, the anterior median part is 

 also occasionally infuscate, and so is the lateral fovea ; elytra with 

 the suture more or less broadly marginate with fuscous ; clypeus 

 and anterior frontal part moderately closely punctate, the punctures 

 are asperous and irregular, and more remote near the vertex, the 

 greater part of the clypeus is occasionally as darkly infuscate as the 

 head ; prothorax twice as broad as long, slightly sinuate laterally 

 above the posterior part, and covered with deep, somewhat large, 

 round, cicatricose punctures separated by an interval equal to their 

 own diameter, and bearing each a very short seta ; scutellum with a 

 few small punctures ; elytra with closely set rows of small but deep 

 seriate punctures, and also having several rows of moderately 

 remote greyish setae, which are, however, obliterated on the median 

 dorsal part ; underside sparsely punctate, pectus with fine, appressed 

 flavescent hairs. 



Not unlike A. flaveolus, Fahr., but easily distinguished by the in- 

 fuscate head, median part of prothorax, and elytral suture. 



Length 6 mm. ; width 3 mm. 



Hab. Zambesi (Feira). 



Adoretus exitialis, n. sp. 



Female : Fuscous above, and clothed with erect, short hairs, 

 flavescent underneath ; prothorax with a very broad lateral flave- 

 scent band, scutellum flavous ; elytra each with a broad, slightly 

 slanting, dorsal flavescent band reaching from the humeral part to 

 the apical callus ; palpi and antennae flavous ; clypeus arcuately 

 rounded, rufescent, covered with broad, asperous punctures, each 

 bearing a very short hair, these punctures are more cicatricose on 

 the frontal part of the head but not very closely set ; prothorax 

 ampliate rounded laterally and covered with round, slightly cicatri- 

 cose setigerous punctures separated by an interval equal to their 

 own diameter ; scutellum closely punctulate ; elytra of the normal 

 shape, and without any traces of costules, covered with very closely 

 set rows of deep punctures many of which bear an erect greyish hair, 



