﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  673 
  

  

  Posterior 
  tibiae 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  scooped 
  inwardly 
  and 
  having 
  

   a 
  broad, 
  sub-triangular 
  inner 
  median 
  lamina, 
  apical 
  

   part 
  produced 
  inwardly 
  and 
  outwardly 
  into 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   spine 
  the 
  outer 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  and 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  four 
  distinct 
  denuded 
  costae, 
  

   intervals 
  filled 
  with 
  closely 
  set 
  sub-flavescent 
  scales 
  . 
  . 
  striata. 
  

  

  B 
  1 
  . 
  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate 
  outwardly. 
  

  

  C 
  4 
  . 
  The 
  three 
  teeth 
  quite 
  apical 
  and 
  strongly 
  connate. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense 
  cinerous 
  scales, 
  but 
  having 
  

  

  on 
  each 
  side 
  three 
  small 
  denuded 
  patches 
  melanospila. 
  

  

  C 
  3 
  . 
  The 
  three 
  teeth 
  long 
  and 
  sharp, 
  nearly 
  equidistant 
  

   but 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  ones 
  slightly 
  carinate 
  at 
  the 
  

   base. 
  

  

  D 
  2 
  . 
  Posterior 
  tibiae 
  somewhat 
  scooped 
  and 
  dentate 
  

   inwardly, 
  produced 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  

   into 
  a 
  distinct 
  dentate 
  process 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  dentate 
  

   laterally. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  with 
  somewhat 
  closely 
  set 
  whitish 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  costae 
  and 
  intervals 
  set 
  with 
  short 
  

   decumbent 
  bristles 
  ; 
  fifth 
  joint 
  of 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  

   with 
  a 
  strong 
  median 
  tooth 
  squamosa. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  covered 
  with 
  minute, 
  contiguous, 
  ashy- 
  

   grey 
  scales, 
  and 
  having 
  one 
  sutural 
  and 
  four 
  

   dorsal 
  rows 
  of 
  widely 
  separated, 
  denuded, 
  seti- 
  

   gerous 
  granules 
  ; 
  fifth 
  joint 
  of 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  previous 
  species 
  morhillosa. 
  

  

  D 
  1 
  . 
  Posterior 
  tibiae 
  broadly 
  dilated 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   not 
  dentate 
  laterally. 
  

  

  •C 
  2 
  . 
  The 
  two 
  apical 
  teeth 
  connate 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  set 
  at 
  a 
  

   great 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  one. 
  

  

  D 
  2 
  . 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  swollen, 
  dentate 
  inwardly. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  red 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  juxta-sutural 
  and 
  a 
  

   marginal 
  white 
  band 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  swollen 
  

   and 
  having 
  an 
  inner 
  spine 
  opposite 
  the 
  long 
  

   apical 
  spur, 
  joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  fused 
  without 
  a 
  

   visible 
  suture, 
  but 
  having 
  a 
  long, 
  recurved 
  tooth 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  short 
  one 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  interrupted 
  black 
  

   band 
  calcarata. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  brown 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  distinct 
  white 
  

   or 
  yellow 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  with- 
  

   out 
  any 
  black 
  band 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  of 
  male 
  very 
  

   swollen 
  and 
  produced 
  inwardly 
  into 
  a 
  sub- 
  

   apical, 
  strong, 
  dentate 
  process, 
  apical 
  spur 
  

   obliterated 
  ; 
  joints 
  fused 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  sutures 
  

   nearly 
  obliterated, 
  dentate 
  underneath, 
  fifth 
  

   joint 
  with 
  a 
  sub-median 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  flavolineata. 
  

  

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