1897.] of the Coleoptera of South Africa. 73 



ceding ones, and with a moderately deep transverse impression at 

 base ; head rugoso-punctate underneath. 



Male : Anterior and intermediate trochanters briefly dentate, inter- 

 mediate tibiae with a short apical spur ; last ventral segment of 

 abdomen totally and deeply concave and trisinuate at tip. Length 

 1-50-1-80 mm. 



Not so broad as B. laticollis, the prothorax is not transverse, and 

 the punctuation on the head and prothorax is very striking. 



Very rare. 



Hah. Cape Colony (Stellenbosch). 



Eaffeayia laticollis, 

 Plate XVI., fig. 16. 



Oblong, rather broad, rufous or rufo-ferruginous, covered with 

 a longer and denser yellowish pubescence ; head rather large, 

 attenuate in front, sides oblique, behind the eyes, which are rather 

 large, are two large foveae and two oblique sulci, vertex cari- 

 nate ; antennae short, thick, second joint ovate, third very briefly 

 triangular, fourth to eighth transverse, of nearly the same size, 

 ninth much less transverse, tenth transverse, eleventh subquadrate 

 at base, slightly cone-shaped at tip and acuminate ; prothorax much 

 broader than the head, and also much broader than long, rounded 

 laterally, narrowed behind the median part and slightly sinuate, 

 lateral foveae broad and slightly sulciform, transverse sulcus angulate 

 in the middle, median fovea minute, and longitudinal sulcus shortened 

 in the anterior part ; elytra longer than broad, not attenuate at base, 

 shoulders oblique and dentate, sides slightly rounded, dorsal sulcus 

 disappearing in the median part ; abdomen shorter than the elytra, 

 segments short, the first one narrowly impressed at base. Length 

 1-60 mm. 



Male : Antennae a little longer and more slender ; intermediate 

 tibiae with an inner, moderately obtuse spur, posterior ones ciliate 

 and with a sharp apical spur ; last ventral segment totally and 

 strongly depressed transversely, last dorsal segment large and 

 convex ; metasternum impressed. 



Female : Last ventral segment impressed in the middle and on 

 each side. 



Easily distinguished by its massive shape, and the broad, nearly 

 transverse prothorax, the longitudinal sulcus of which is well marked, 

 but ends abruptly a little after the median part. 



Apparently rare. 



Hab. Cape Colony (neighbourhood of Cape Town, Stellenbosch). 



