1902.J Catalogue of the Coleoptcra of South Ajrica. ITS 



inner tooth at the knee, hind tibiae curved, not toothed, hardly 

 crenulate inwardly and mucronate at the apex, and without apical 

 spur; hind claw single, simple, and robust." 



Heterochelus pachymerus, Wiedem., 

 Germ. Mag., iv., p. 140. 

 Burm., loc. cit., p. lOG. 



"Black, covered with greyish scales, clypeus quadri-dentate ; pro- 

 thorax most densely pilose ; elytra and legs rufescent, the latter with 

 greyish hairs. 



Length S^ lin. S . 



Eeceived from Herr v. Winthem. The type of Wiedeman's 

 description. One of the largest species, and on that account less like 

 the series of the preceding species {pad lyij tutus, hyhridus, auran- 

 tiacus, sobrinus, bimaculatus, &c.). Black, antennae, palpi, legs, and 

 elytra reddish brown ; head and anterior part of prothorax thickly 

 punctulate ; apical mai'gin of clypeus quadri-dentate, the two median 

 teeth smaller than the lateral ones, the punctures bear each a short 

 greyish-yellow hair recurved at tip, these hairs are not so dense in the 

 posterior part, and turn to scales ; scutellum, elytra and pygidial part 

 thickly clothed with scales of the same colour ; the pygidial part is 

 also hairy as well as the pectus and the legs are sparingly scaly ; the 

 latter are strong and robust, the hind thighs of the male have the 

 trochanter produced into a short, blunt spine and an inner tooth 

 close to the knee, the hind femora have an inner tooth near the knee 

 but more developed than the one on the thigh above it, and another 

 and smaller one above the mucronate end, there is no apical spur ; 

 hind claw very large, single, and simple." 



Heterochelus striatus, Burm., 

 Handb. d. Entomol., iv., 1, p. 96. 



" Black, abdomen and elytra clothed with flavous or whitish scales, 

 the latter with black bands. 



Length 2'". <? . 



From South Africa, communicated by Mr. Winthem. Allied to the 

 preceding species, but differs by the quadri-dentate clypeus, the two 

 median teeth of which are small and set close to each other ; palpi 

 and antennae reddish brown ; posterior part of the head and anterior 

 part of the prothorax very dark, closely and finely punctate, opaque, 

 and with short, black set®, median groove and outer sides clothed 

 with scales ; scutellum and epimera of mesosternum and meta- 



