1904. | Catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Palit 
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the genus and cover nearly the whole propygidium, the white scales 
fill the interval only ; pygidium vertical, fringed with long hairs 
and having also some on the apical part of the inner face ; the 
femora and the whole pectus are covered with a very long greyish 
pubescence. 
Female unknown. 
Length 144-154 mm. ; width 74-8 mm. 
Hab. Transvaal (Lydenburg, Potchefstroom), 
Group LEUCOPHOLIDES. 
This group is characterised by the broad episterna on a line with 
the episterna which are also not divided from the former by a keel. 
Some of the South African genera and species have very strong 
affinities with Madagascar ones. 
Key to the Genera. 
A’. Anterior tibise without inner spur. 
B?. Anterior margin of prothorax with a bare membrane. 
a. Mesosternum mucronate. 
Inner claw of anterior tarsi simple, outer one strongly 
toothed underneste 350 3. .. «. «. «« «© «e ypopholis. 
a. Mesosternum simple. 
Kach anterior claw with a short, vertical basal tooth ..  Pegylidius. 
Each claw cleft at apex underneath Be Go oo oe Palani 
At. Anterior tibiz with an inner spur. 
Bt. Anterior margin of prothorax ciliate. 
a?, Antenne 10-jointed. 
b?. Mesosternum sub-mucronate, abdomen not bulging 
beyond the elytra. 
Antennal club of male very long; hind callus of 
elytra greatly developed .. .. .. > «- «- «- Hulepida. 
bt. Mesosternum simple, abdomen strongly bulging. 
Antennal club of male short; propygidium deeply 
grooved longitudinally... .. .. .. «. «+ «+ <Asthenopholis- 
at. Antenne 9-jointed. 
Antennal club of male?; propygidium simple .. .. Brachylepis. 
Gen. HYPOPHOLIS, Erichs., 
Nat. Ins., iii., 1847, p. 657. 
Mentum rounded laterally at the base and deeply sinuate or 
incised at about the median part, the anterior margin 1s slightly 
