1902.] Catalogue of the Colcoptera of South Africa. 831 



side ; hind femora simple, hind tibiae a Httle 

 concave inwardly at apex, and mucronate on 

 each side of it, an apical spur nii)ipUcipe>i. 



Piceous black, with the intermediate and hind 

 femora red ; elytra bi-striate on each side and 

 having three bands of greyish scales ; hind 

 femora simple ; hind tibiae dilated towards the 

 apex, compressed on the upper side, broadly 

 scooped in the inner part, and incised inwardly 

 at a short distance from the apex, an apical 

 spur JHcuiidiif. 



A'. Claws of the posterior legs with a distinct tooth underneath. 



B"^. Trochanters of hind femora strongly spinose. 



Black, sprinkled with moderately dense white scales on the 

 elytra which are red and not costulate, spine of the hind 

 trochanters separated from the thigh nearly at the apex ; hind 

 tibiaB concave, simple, upper part of the apex strongly and 

 sharply mucronate calcaratuti. 



Black, with the elytra chalybeate blue and sprinkled with 

 numerous white scales ; spine of the hind trochanters small ; 

 hind tibiee simple, inwardly concave towards the apex, the 

 upper part of which is moderately mucronate elegantulus. 



K\ Claws of the intermediate legs with a distinct tooth underneath. 



B=. Trochanters of hind femora strongly spinose. 



C-. Elytra bi-costate on each side. 



Black, with the femora red ; prothorax with three dorsal 

 bands and a marginal one of yellow ^scales ; elytra 

 with three bands of yellowish scales ; hind femora simple, 

 spine of trochanters very long; hind tibiffi scooped in- 

 wardly at apex and equally mucronate on each side of 

 it, no apical spur princepy. 



Red ; prothorax with a median band and a broad mar- 

 ginal one of yellowish scales ; elytra with two interrupted 

 bands of scales ; trochanters of hind femora sharp, femora 

 simple; hind tibiae scooped underneath, dentate inwardly 

 past the middle, moderately mucronate on each side of 

 the apex, an apical spur ornatux. 



Black, clothed with grey squamulose hairs which are a 

 little denser in the intervals of the elytra ; pygidium not 

 scaly; hind legs as in M. ornatus, but the spine of the 

 trochanters very short inops. 



C Elytra non-costate. 



Black, with the legs red, entirely covered with contiguous 

 orange-yellow scales ; hind femora simple, spine of tro- 

 chanters robust, but not reaching to the median part of 



