﻿690 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  broad 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   under 
  side 
  and 
  legs 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  dense 
  white 
  hairs, 
  which 
  are 
  

   appressed 
  and 
  squamiform 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  ; 
  head 
  rugose, 
  clypeus 
  

   short, 
  parallel, 
  dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  gradually 
  

   attenuate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  anterior 
  angle, 
  not 
  grooved 
  

   longitudinally 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  sharp 
  ; 
  elytra 
  ampliate 
  

   and 
  rounded 
  from 
  the 
  humeral 
  angle 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  

   gradually 
  narrowed 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  humeral 
  angle 
  is 
  very 
  

   distinct, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  three 
  broad 
  but 
  very 
  shallow 
  

   longitudinal 
  furrows, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ovate 
  scales 
  are 
  denser 
  ; 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  is 
  slightly 
  inclined 
  forward, 
  but 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  

   are 
  not 
  compressed 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  the 
  three 
  outer 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  set 
  close 
  to 
  one 
  another, 
  but 
  are 
  not 
  connate, 
  and 
  

   the 
  basal 
  one 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  very 
  

   swollen, 
  longer 
  and 
  somewhat 
  thicker 
  than 
  the 
  femora, 
  simple, 
  but 
  

   somewhat 
  deeply 
  excavate 
  inwardly 
  at 
  apex 
  under 
  the 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  

   basal 
  joint 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  obliterated, 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  fused, 
  but 
  with 
  

   three 
  short 
  teeth 
  underneath, 
  last 
  joint 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  taken 
  together, 
  and 
  armed 
  underneath 
  with 
  a 
  strongly 
  

   triangular 
  tooth, 
  claw 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  apical 
  joint, 
  dentate 
  underneath 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-10|- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6-6f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  I 
  found 
  my 
  examples 
  on 
  grasses, 
  not 
  in 
  flowers 
  like 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  Pachycnema. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  HOPLOCNEMIS, 
  Har., 
  

  

  Coleopt., 
  Heft, 
  v., 
  p. 
  123, 
  1869. 
  

  

  Hoploscelis, 
  Burm. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  very 
  elongate, 
  straight 
  laterally, 
  and 
  strongly 
  acuminate, 
  

   deeply 
  foveate, 
  labial 
  palpi 
  thick, 
  lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  densely 
  hairy 
  at 
  

   the 
  tip, 
  but 
  not 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  no 
  inner 
  tooth 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  maxillary 
  

   palpi 
  long, 
  swollen 
  inwardly, 
  emarginate 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  head 
  carinate 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  above 
  the 
  eye, 
  clypeus 
  long, 
  sharply 
  attenuate 
  laterally, 
  

   truncate 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  three 
  sharp, 
  vertical 
  teeth 
  ; 
  

   head 
  with 
  a 
  frontal 
  tubercle 
  or 
  not 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  

   or 
  vice 
  versa, 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   which 
  are 
  somewhat 
  ampliate 
  laterally 
  below 
  the 
  humeral 
  part, 
  

   gradually 
  attenuated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  quite 
  

   cover 
  the 
  propygidium, 
  nearly 
  plane, 
  but 
  having 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less. 
  

  

  