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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  PJiilosopliical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  ursus, 
  Fabr., 
  

   Syst. 
  Entom. 
  Append., 
  p. 
  184. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  testa- 
  

   ceous 
  red 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  very 
  little 
  

   acuminate 
  laterally, 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  at 
  apex, 
  rugose 
  ; 
  head 
  three 
  

   times 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  clypeus 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  

   dense 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  as 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  black 
  hairs 
  as 
  

   the 
  head, 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  median, 
  not 
  very 
  

   distinct 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  sharply 
  ogival, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  hairy 
  ; 
  elytra 
  sub-parallel, 
  plane, 
  and 
  having 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  two 
  rounded, 
  not 
  much 
  raised 
  costae 
  the 
  outer 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  the 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  developed 
  and 
  

   sharp, 
  they 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  greyish 
  and 
  black 
  hairs 
  somewhat 
  

   seriate 
  but 
  not 
  as 
  dense 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  are 
  bristly 
  

   along 
  the 
  suture, 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  not 
  there 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  parts 
  two 
  

   narrow 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  of 
  somewhat 
  opaline 
  scales 
  which 
  do 
  

   not 
  extend 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  abdomen, 
  

   and 
  pectus 
  densely 
  villose 
  and 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  long 
  and 
  dense 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  testaceous 
  red 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  indistinct 
  third 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  harbinger 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  

   Cape 
  Town. 
  It 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  incredible 
  quantities 
  on 
  the 
  heaths 
  or 
  any 
  

   flower 
  in 
  bloom 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  The 
  larva 
  makes 
  no 
  cocoon. 
  The 
  short 
  

   bands 
  of 
  opaline 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  not 
  a 
  specific 
  or 
  a 
  sexual 
  

   character, 
  but 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  these 
  bands 
  are 
  not 
  present 
  in 
  

   examples 
  found 
  outside 
  the 
  Cape 
  District. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  J- 
  11 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5-5^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Malmesbury, 
  

   Caledon). 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  ignitus, 
  Casteln., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIV., 
  fig. 
  2. 
  

   Hist. 
  Nat. 
  d. 
  Ins., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  157. 
  

  

  Black, 
  clothed 
  along 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  

   with 
  long, 
  dense 
  black 
  villose 
  hairs, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  

   two 
  lateral 
  bands 
  of 
  glowing, 
  coppery 
  red, 
  minute 
  scales 
  often 
  

   coalescing 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra, 
  except 
  an 
  elongato-quadrate 
  median 
  patch 
  

   reaching 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  past 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  propygidium, 
  

   pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  similar 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   and 
  legs 
  are 
  black, 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  is 
  

   as 
  distinct 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  ursus, 
  but 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  parallel, 
  

   is 
  a 
  little 
  ampliated 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  somewhat 
  sharply 
  

  

  