﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  671 
  

  

  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  slightly 
  connate 
  there 
  ; 
  intermediate 
  and 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  somewhat 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  less 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  

   claws 
  of 
  anterior 
  legs 
  double 
  and 
  both 
  cleft, 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   single 
  and 
  cleft, 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  single 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  An 
  intermediate 
  form 
  between 
  Pachycnema 
  and 
  Eriesthis. 
  The 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  

   some 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  former, 
  but 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  as 
  in 
  Eriesthis. 
  

  

  Only 
  one 
  species 
  is 
  known. 
  

  

  Stenocnema 
  pudibunda, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  Chocolate-brown, 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   triangular, 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  

   sharply 
  dentate 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  very 
  closely 
  

   punctured 
  and 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  filled 
  -with 
  slightly 
  fiavescent 
  

   scales, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  densely 
  hairy, 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  somewhat 
  

   villose 
  and 
  fiavescent 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  

   of 
  small 
  scales 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  impressed 
  along 
  the 
  raised 
  

   suture 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  rounded 
  costule 
  as 
  a 
  prolongation 
  of 
  the 
  

   humeral 
  callus, 
  the 
  juxta-sutural 
  depression 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  a 
  band 
  

   of 
  minute 
  yellowish 
  contiguous 
  scales 
  beginning 
  at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  

   from 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  merged 
  in 
  the 
  rounded 
  apical 
  part 
  with 
  a 
  similar 
  

   supra-marginal 
  band 
  reaching 
  very 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  there 
  is 
  

   along 
  the 
  costule 
  another 
  discoidal 
  band 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  much 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  are 
  three 
  discoidal 
  distinct 
  

   rows 
  of 
  short, 
  stiff 
  black 
  bristles, 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  also 
  closely 
  bristly 
  ; 
  

   under 
  side 
  and 
  pygidial 
  part 
  clothed 
  with 
  contiguous 
  fiavescent 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  pectus 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  greyish 
  ; 
  legs 
  covered 
  with 
  dense, 
  

   appressed 
  white 
  squamiform 
  hairs. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-8^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4f-5J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Uitenhage, 
  Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  Gen. 
  PACHYCNEMA, 
  Serville, 
  

  

  Encyclop. 
  Method., 
  x., 
  1825, 
  p. 
  375. 
  

  

  Physocnema, 
  Burm. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  very 
  long, 
  oblongo-ovate 
  but 
  attenuated 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  

   which 
  is 
  rounded, 
  ligula 
  long, 
  bi-lobate, 
  lobes 
  very 
  diverging 
  ; 
  upper 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  densely 
  penicillate, 
  horny 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  

   labial 
  palpi 
  sub-cylindrical 
  and 
  slightly 
  bent 
  inwardly, 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  

  

  