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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  distinct, 
  and 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  and 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   punctures 
  ; 
  the 
  most 
  distinctive 
  character 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  

   genital 
  sheath, 
  which 
  is 
  open 
  entirely 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  narrowed 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  deeply 
  but 
  somewhat 
  narrowly 
  incised, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  lobes 
  parallel 
  and 
  vertical. 
  The 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  trochanters 
  is 
  short. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  b\ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  British 
  Bechuanaland 
  (Kanye). 
  

  

  Adoeetus 
  illitus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Chestnut-brown 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  metallic 
  tinge, 
  clothed 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  with 
  short 
  and 
  very 
  dense 
  squamulose 
  whitish- 
  

   grey 
  hairs, 
  hiding 
  the 
  background 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  clypeus 
  are 
  

   normally 
  scabrose 
  and 
  the 
  suture 
  is 
  indistinct 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  very 
  

   closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  median 
  impression 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  

   very 
  finely 
  punctulate, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  not 
  costulate, 
  and 
  are 
  

   covered 
  with 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  punctures 
  which 
  are 
  

   not 
  scar-like, 
  except 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margins. 
  

  

  This 
  species, 
  which 
  in 
  general 
  appearance 
  resembles 
  A. 
  fallaciosus 
  y 
  

   is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  it 
  by 
  the 
  finer 
  and 
  denser 
  non-cicatricose 
  

   punctures 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  non-costulate. 
  

  

  The 
  male 
  is 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  Adoeetus 
  punctipennis, 
  Fahr., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLL, 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

  

  Insect 
  Caffr., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  A. 
  testaceus 
  ; 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  prothorax, 
  

   and 
  elytra 
  is 
  the 
  same, 
  but 
  the 
  contiguous 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  are 
  

   slightly 
  more 
  scabrose, 
  and 
  the 
  suture 
  between 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  less 
  carinate 
  ; 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  white, 
  sub-erect, 
  short 
  hairs 
  

   on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  plainer, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  costule, 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  each 
  

   remote 
  white 
  hair 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  denuded 
  round 
  spot, 
  which, 
  

   in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  is 
  faintly 
  granular 
  ; 
  the 
  greyish-white 
  hairs 
  are 
  

   also 
  denser 
  and 
  in 
  fresh 
  examples 
  hide 
  the 
  ferruginous 
  colour 
  ; 
  

   the 
  under 
  side 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  similar 
  in 
  

   texture 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  part, 
  but 
  slightly 
  longer, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  denuded 
  longitudinal 
  median 
  line. 
  In 
  

   the 
  male 
  the 
  hind 
  trochanters 
  are 
  simple, 
  and 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  

  

  