﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  693 
  

  

  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  put 
  together, 
  curved, 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   claw. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Smaller 
  than 
  the 
  male. 
  The 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  are 
  

   much 
  smaller, 
  the 
  frontal 
  carina 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  small, 
  rounded 
  

   tubercle 
  ; 
  the 
  punctures 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  equally 
  deep 
  but 
  set 
  

   close 
  to 
  one 
  another 
  ; 
  the 
  shape 
  and 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  the 
  

   vestiture 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  similar 
  ; 
  the 
  femora 
  

   are 
  also 
  thick, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  thickened, 
  moderately 
  deeply 
  scooped 
  

   out 
  at 
  apex 
  but 
  simple, 
  and 
  the 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  longer, 
  

   and 
  apparently 
  free. 
  

  

  Length 
  13-16 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  8-10 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Beaufort 
  West, 
  George, 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  HOPLOCNEMIS 
  SPECTABILIS, 
  n. 
  Spec. 
  

  

  H. 
  crassipes, 
  Lacord., 
  Atl., 
  pi. 
  xxix., 
  fig. 
  1 
  ; 
  nee. 
  Oliv. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  H. 
  hylax 
  applies 
  in 
  most 
  points 
  to 
  this 
  

   species, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  cephalic 
  horn 
  

   and 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  ; 
  the 
  colour 
  is 
  dull 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   side, 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  also 
  piceous 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  club 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   is 
  rufescent 
  ; 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  clypeus 
  is 
  similar 
  but 
  the 
  

   cephalic 
  horn 
  is 
  compressed 
  laterally 
  and 
  sharply 
  triangular 
  ; 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  pubescent 
  on 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  

   median 
  sulcus 
  is 
  broader 
  • 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  robust, 
  

   the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  is 
  more 
  sharply 
  prolonged, 
  and 
  

   the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  process 
  is 
  somewhat 
  sharply 
  quadri-dentate 
  ; 
  

   tarsi 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  hylax. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  9f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Ladismith). 
  

  

  Hoplocnemis 
  koikoina, 
  n. 
  spec, 
  

   Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  Very 
  similar 
  to 
  H. 
  spectabilis 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  build, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  occasionally 
  rufescent 
  brown, 
  the 
  hairs 
  clothing 
  the 
  prothorax 
  

   are 
  denser, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  cephalic 
  tubercle 
  in 
  either 
  sex, 
  the 
  

   propygidium 
  and 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  are 
  not 
  scaly, 
  but 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hairs, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  inner 
  process 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae, 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  in 
  H. 
  spectabilis, 
  is 
  bluntly 
  serrate 
  on 
  each 
  

   side. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  male 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  simple 
  

   and 
  more 
  slender 
  hind 
  tibiae. 
  

  

  Length 
  13-15 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  7|~9f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  the 
  outward 
  characters 
  distinguishing 
  H. 
  koikoina 
  

  

  