Descriptive Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Soiith Africa. 171 
a^ Body dark blue. 
Prothorax foveate punctate, longer than broad, angular laterally 
in the male, moderately so in the female ; elytra with longi- 
tudinal highly raised wavy lines ; upper side of abdomen longi- 
tudinally striolate 
meridianus. 
Prothorax scrobiculate, longer than broad, well rounded 
laterally in front ; elytra with very highly raised and very 
wavy longitudinal folds ; abdomen with strong, rugose wavy 
folds 
caffer. 
A\ Antennae reaching beyond the humeral part of the elytra. 
B^ Prothorax not grooved longitudinally, and with a transverse im- 
pression along the base. 
Sixth and seventh antennal joint very broadly dilated, and hollowed 
underneath in the male. 
Anterior part of prothorax not angular laterally in front. 
Body dark blue or blue-black ; elytra with very closely set, little 
raised, wavy folds. 
Prothorax plainly ampliate, rounded laterally in front, and covered 
with deep, closely set, round punctures ; intervals somewhat 
Meloe angulatus, Leach, 
Plate XXII., figs. 3, 3a, 3&. 
Trans. Lin. Soc, xi., 1815, p. 247 ; Brandt and Erikss., Mon., 
p. 132, pi. 8, fig. 5. 
Black, soroewhat opaque ; head scrobiculate foveolate, the foveae 
divided by a sharp, raised wall, the hind part is slightly wider than the 
anterior part of the prothorax and slightly canaliculate on the vertex only, 
the groove disappearing as it reaches the middle of the frontal part ; 
antennae black, short, not reaching beyond half the length of the pro- 
thorax ; prothorax somewhat short, as broad as long at its widest part, 
straight laterally, sub-truncate in front with the lateral angles very sharp, 
and the posterior slightly blunted, covered with broad scrobiculate foveas 
with more uneven walls than those on the head, deeply and somewhat 
broadly grooved longitudinally in the centre, and with a supra-marginal 
longitudinal depression on each side ; elytra divaricating at about one- 
third of the length and covered with closely set, little raised, slightly wavy 
folds ; abdominal segments longitudinally shagreened ; legs pubescent, 
claws piceous. 
roughened 
hottentotus. 
Prothorax only slightly ampliate, rounded in front, and with round, 
not closely set punctures, intervals quite smooth 
rJiodesianus. 
