Mr. G. J. Arrow on Rutelid Coleoptera. 395 
scutello flavo-setoso, cordiformi; elytris leviter parum dense 
punctatis; pygidio cum abdominis dorso flavo-pubescentibus ; 
corpore subtus fere nudo, cum pedibus ferrugineis. 
Long. 10:5-12°5 mm. 
3, elytris basi vage infuscatis, subtilissime punctatis, pilis brunneis 
longissimis parce hirtis; pedibus postice valde incrassatis, femoribus 
dilatatis spina longa recta munitis, tibiis curvatis, apice intus 
longissime et acute productis, tarsis quam tibiis paulo brevioribus, 
2, thorace basi fortius contracto, punctis disco nonnullis magnis; 
elytris magis punctatis, minute et parcissime flavo-sctosis, pone 
medium maculis parvis + prope margines formantibus. 
Hab. Angola. 
This species is of a shorter and more oval form than 
T. cortaceus and of a brick-red colour. The upper surface in 
the female is decorated with minute scaly sete, collecting on 
the posterior half of the elytra into rather indefinite yellow 
spots. In the male these seta are replaced by very long 
(ed 
Hind legs of males of (a) Tregonochilus coriaceus, Brenske, 
(6) T. politus, Arrow. Twice natural size. 
hairs thinly scattered over the prothorax and elytra. In the 
female the hairs are much shorter and confined to the margins. 
The prothorax of the male is flatter and less narrowed behind 
than in the other sex and the elytra are darker at the base. 
The hind legs show a similar development to those of 
A, coriaceus, but the femoral spine is straight, the tibia is 
produced at the extremity into a very long spur, and the tarsus 
is scarcely as long as the tibia. 
I have sketched the hind legs of the males of these two 
species for the sake of comparison. Herr Brenske’s figure 
of the type species gives a scarcely correct impression of 
its appearance, as was almost inevitable, since the artist did 
not see the insect. 
A little more attention given to the sexual characters of the 
genus Anoplognathus would have rendered the identification 
and classification of these beetles much simpler. Some of the 
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