720 Transactions South African Pliilosopkical Society, [vol. xii. 



Elytra fuscous-brown, very briefly pubescent, 

 pygidium without any scales ; hind femora 

 very massive and simple ; hind tibiae very 

 swollen in the middle and having a sharp, 

 spine-like mucro on each side of the apex, 

 hind tarsi very short, massive, fifth joint 

 strongly dentate underneath (pi. xlii., fig. 34) arthriticux. 



Elytra entirely covered with ochraceous ap- 

 pressed hairs, scutellum and pygidium densely 

 scaly ; hind femora moderately robust, hind 

 tibiae very swollen inwardly, simple, notmucro- 

 nate at apex (pi. xlii., fig. 39) dittts. 



D. Hind tibiae with an apical spur. 

 b^. Hind claw single, simple. 



Elytra reddish brown, clothed with yellowish 

 scales forming three bands on each side : 

 pygidium without scales ; hind femora simple, 

 hind tibiae more massive than the femora, very 

 swollen in the middle, and with the apical part 

 sharp but not mucronate ; hind tarsi very short 

 and massive, fifth joint bi-dentate underneath . . insigiiis. 



Similar to the preceding species, but with the 

 elytra black and without scales, and the hind 

 femora less swollen exactor. 



Elytra black, briefly pilose, apical margin with 

 some yellow scales, pygidium without scales ; 

 hind femora with a conspicuous inner tooth 

 near the knee; hind tibiae broad, deeply scooped 

 inwardly, and having a median triangular tooth 

 on the inner margin of the excavation, apical 

 mucro distinct, but not very long 2>(//c<.To,s-i(.s\ 



Elytra dark chestnut-brown, and having a few 

 scales along the hind part of the suture and on 

 the outer margins ; pygidium without scales ; 

 hind femora robust and with an inner tooth 

 near the knee ; hind tibiiB bi-carinate under- 

 neath, inner carina very bluntly toothed, apical 

 part not mucronate iiidifjeii:^. 



Elytra testaceous, briefly pilose, apical margins 

 with some yellow scales ; pygidium scaly; hind 

 femora robust, simple, but with the outer part of 

 the articulation of the knee sharply angular; 

 hind tibite strongly emarginate near the knee, 

 deeply scooped inwardly, bluntly dentate on the 

 inner edge near the base, and nearly equally 

 mucronate on each side at apex counatus. 



Elytra piceous black, body without any scales, 



hind tibiae a little ampliate, no apical mucro . . iin-ongriiev!^. 



