820 Transactions South African Fliilosophical Society, [vol. xii. 



red with the chib and also the palpi black ; frontal part, prothorax, 

 scutellum, elj'tra and the whole under side similarlj- clothed in both 

 sexes with small, closely set scales, narrower and white under- 

 neath, orange-yellow above in the male, and greyish green in the 

 female ; legs brownish red with the hairs greyish, the teeth of the 

 anterior tibia3 are longer in the female ; prothorax with sparse long 

 black setae, white in the posterior edge." 



" Scutellum large, triangular ; anterior tibia hi-dentate. 



Platychelus melanukus, 

 Ibid., p. 145. 



" Black, shining, hairy, elytra pale testaceous, black at apex. 



Length 1|- hn. ^ $ . 



From Mr. Drege. Black, shining, with long hairs, the hairs on 

 the sides of the abdomen white ; head thickly punctate, the apical 

 margin raised in the middle and very sharp laterally in the male ; 

 prothorax with rugose, sparse punctures, and having long hairs ; 

 scutellum also punctate, but having short hairs; elytra testaceous, 

 those of the male convex and infuscate at the apex ; pygidial part 

 and legs also brown and clothed with gi'eyish hairs ; antennae 

 entirely black, the club longer in the male than in the female." 



Platychelus semihiktus, Burm., 

 Ibid., p. 145. 



"Black, shining, hairy; prothorax with grey hairs in the anterior 

 part ; elytra testaceous. 



Length 1^ lin. ^ j . 



From Mr. Drege. A little wider than the species preceding, but 

 similar otherwise ; black, clothed with gi-ey hairs on the anterior 

 part only, the posterior one smooth and glabrous ; scutellum with 

 short hairs ; elytra light testaceous, finely punctulate and with 

 appressed hairs ; in the male the pygidium is covered with squamose 

 yellow hairs, tibiae and hind legs brown." 



"Platychelus pusillus, Burm., 

 Ibid., p. 145. 



Black, shining, hairy ; elytra and legs fuscous, abdomen with 

 gi-eyish scales. 



Length 1^ lin. <? . 



