﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  oj 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  687 
  

  

  white 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  broad, 
  basal, 
  transverse 
  black 
  

   band, 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  without 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  transverse 
  

   band 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  scales 
  ; 
  head 
  deeply 
  

   punctured, 
  setulose, 
  clypeus 
  acuminate, 
  somewhat 
  sharply 
  bi-dentate 
  

   at 
  apex 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  diagonally 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   part, 
  emarginate 
  from 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  towards 
  the 
  base, 
  not 
  much 
  

   convex, 
  not 
  sulcate 
  longitudinally 
  at 
  middle, 
  very 
  closely 
  punctate 
  

   and 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense, 
  long 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  long, 
  sharp, 
  

   punctulate 
  and 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  elongate, 
  gradually 
  attenuate 
  

   from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  depressed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   suture 
  before 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  humeral 
  angle 
  distinct 
  and 
  very 
  

   lateral, 
  and 
  continued 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  a 
  rounded, 
  not 
  highly 
  

   raised 
  costa, 
  feebly 
  punctate 
  and 
  slightly 
  bristly 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   sutural 
  and 
  marginal 
  row 
  of 
  bristles 
  longer 
  and 
  stiffer 
  than 
  those 
  

   on 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  vertical 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  outer 
  teeth 
  of 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  nearly 
  equi-distant 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  one 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  ones 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  1 
  not 
  much 
  

   thickened 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thighs, 
  slightly 
  swollen 
  

   at 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  simple, 
  apical 
  spur 
  moderately 
  long 
  ; 
  basal 
  

   joints 
  of 
  tarsi 
  short, 
  transverse, 
  somewhat 
  triangular, 
  fifth 
  joint 
  longer 
  

   by 
  one-half 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  others 
  taken 
  together, 
  slightly 
  tri-dentate 
  

   beneath, 
  claw 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  fifth 
  joint, 
  curved 
  and 
  emarginate 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  beneath 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  hardly 
  swollen, 
  

   but 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  they 
  are 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  scales 
  and 
  are 
  bristly 
  and 
  

   hairy. 
  

  

  Length 
  8-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5J-6 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Pachycnema 
  lineola, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  63. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  P. 
  namaqua 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  

   black, 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  lateral 
  margin 
  of 
  white 
  scales 
  

   in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  but 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  has 
  none, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   basal 
  one 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  median 
  band 
  of 
  them 
  above 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   which 
  is 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  opaque 
  ; 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  pygidium 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  white 
  or 
  navous 
  scales, 
  

   but 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  narrowly 
  denuded 
  all 
  round, 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  denuded 
  line 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  female 
  

   examples 
  this 
  band 
  is 
  hardly 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  sculpture 
  and 
  vestiture 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  namaqua, 
  but 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  depressed 
  across 
  the 
  sutural 
  part 
  at 
  about 
  

  

  