﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  623 
  : 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  also 
  short 
  and 
  dilated, 
  tri-dentate 
  

   outwardly 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  long, 
  terminal 
  inner 
  spur 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   tarsi 
  somewhat 
  long, 
  unequal, 
  but 
  simple, 
  the 
  more 
  robust 
  one 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  other. 
  

  

  The 
  singular 
  insect 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  might, 
  but 
  for 
  the 
  

   presence 
  of 
  two 
  apical 
  spurs 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae, 
  be 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   HoplinicB. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  horizontal 
  labrum, 
  of 
  

   the 
  mandibles 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  compressed 
  abdomen, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  

   great 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  uncovered 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium. 
  It, 
  

   is 
  on 
  that 
  account 
  not 
  unlike 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  Heterochelus. 
  

  

  Isoplia 
  lasiosoma, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  EntomoL, 
  iv., 
  2, 
  p. 
  488. 
  

  

  Black, 
  moderately 
  shining, 
  elytra 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pale, 
  testaceous 
  

  

  yellow, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  black 
  patch 
  on 
  the 
  humeral 
  part 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  

  

  side 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  an 
  arcuate 
  transverse 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  

  

  an 
  apical 
  one 
  connected 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  with 
  the 
  median 
  one 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  head, 
  prothorax, 
  scutellum, 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  whole 
  under 
  side 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  'hairs, 
  greyish 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  

  

  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  upright 
  and 
  shorter 
  

  

  ones 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  and 
  head 
  closely 
  granulose 
  ; 
  antennae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  

  

  joint 
  and 
  the 
  club 
  black, 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  testaceous 
  red 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

  

  very 
  closely 
  cicatricoso-punctate, 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  nearly 
  confluent 
  

  

  and 
  setigerous 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  similar 
  but 
  finer 
  punctures 
  ; 
  elytra, 
  

  

  somewhat 
  depressed 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  suture, 
  not 
  

  

  striate 
  but 
  having 
  series 
  of 
  punctures 
  somewhat 
  geminate 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  dorsal 
  part 
  and 
  more 
  irregular 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus 
  is 
  

  

  greatly 
  developed, 
  the 
  apical 
  one 
  nearly 
  forms 
  the 
  outer 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  apical 
  part 
  which 
  is 
  obliquely 
  truncated 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  suture, 
  

  

  the 
  latter 
  is 
  plainly 
  raised 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  covered 
  with 
  

  

  elongate, 
  somewhat 
  oblong 
  punctures 
  separated 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  by 
  

  

  a 
  space 
  equal 
  to 
  their 
  width, 
  the 
  propygidium 
  has 
  a 
  long 
  basal 
  fringe 
  

  

  of 
  hairs, 
  and 
  so 
  has 
  the 
  pygidium 
  which 
  is 
  distinctly 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  posterior 
  part, 
  somewhat 
  knobby 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  and 
  is 
  densely 
  

  

  hairy 
  ; 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  is 
  also 
  very 
  densely 
  hairy 
  and 
  deeply 
  and 
  

  

  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  elongate 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  femora 
  are 
  

  

  deeply 
  grooved 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  short, 
  very 
  compressed, 
  very 
  

  

  obliquely 
  truncate 
  inwardly, 
  sharply 
  tri-dentate 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  claws. 
  

  

  long, 
  slender, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  8J-8J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  \ 
  mm. 
  

  

  In 
  general 
  facies 
  this 
  species 
  resembles 
  a 
  hirtose 
  Valgus 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  