﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  635 
  

  

  acuminate 
  from 
  there, 
  and 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  

   a 
  dense 
  seriate 
  row 
  of 
  black, 
  somewhat 
  bristly 
  hairs 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  

   and 
  the 
  outer 
  margins, 
  and 
  also 
  three 
  dorsal 
  rows 
  of 
  more 
  remote 
  

   hairs 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  

   very 
  dense 
  black 
  hairs, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  humeral 
  costa 
  on 
  each 
  

   elytron'. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-1 
  Of 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width" 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  Anisonyx 
  longipes/ 
  Linn., 
  

   Syst. 
  Nat., 
  i., 
  2, 
  p. 
  555. 
  

  

  A. 
  crinitus, 
  Fabr., 
  Mant. 
  Insect., 
  i., 
  p. 
  24 
  ; 
  Blanch., 
  Cuvier's 
  Eegne 
  

   Animal. 
  Atl. 
  Ins., 
  vol. 
  25 
  bis, 
  fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  A. 
  jucundus, 
  Blanch., 
  Cat. 
  Coll. 
  Par. 
  Mus. 
  Ent., 
  1850, 
  p. 
  58. 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  dense, 
  black, 
  villose 
  

   hairs, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  fine, 
  narrow, 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  

   of 
  small, 
  elongate, 
  emerald 
  green 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra, 
  propygidium, 
  and 
  

   pygidium 
  clothed 
  with 
  closely 
  set 
  but 
  not 
  contiguous, 
  small, 
  elongated 
  

   emerald 
  green 
  scales, 
  abdomen 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  antennae 
  and 
  legs 
  

   black 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sub-parallel 
  for 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  then 
  a 
  little 
  

   rounded 
  and 
  attenuate 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  incised 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  

   black 
  villose 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  

   dense 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  sharply 
  triangular, 
  and 
  very 
  little 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  elytra 
  parallel 
  and 
  densely 
  hairy, 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   black 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  dorsal 
  part 
  as 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  the 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  under 
  side 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  blackish 
  hairs, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  

   with 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  greenish, 
  not 
  closely 
  set 
  scales 
  along 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth 
  very 
  minute. 
  

  

  The 
  scales, 
  though 
  generally 
  green, 
  are 
  occasionally 
  blue. 
  It 
  is 
  

   this 
  variety 
  that 
  Blanchard 
  has 
  described 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   A. 
  jucundus. 
  

  

  Length 
  9^-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4^-5 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Anisonyx 
  ditus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  A. 
  longipes 
  very 
  closely, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  covered 
  

   with 
  green 
  scales, 
  but 
  these 
  scales 
  have 
  a 
  golden 
  sheen 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  so 
  closely 
  clothed 
  with 
  green 
  scales 
  

   that 
  the 
  background 
  is 
  not 
  visible 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  very 
  elongate, 
  

   narrow, 
  and 
  more 
  sharply 
  acuminate 
  than 
  in 
  A. 
  longipes 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  

   is 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  ; 
  instead 
  of 
  five 
  narrow 
  bands 
  of 
  green 
  scales 
  

  

  