﻿694 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  from 
  H. 
  spectabilis, 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  genital 
  armature 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  

   differs 
  also 
  ; 
  the 
  forceps 
  being 
  spatulate 
  at 
  apex 
  in 
  koikoina 
  and 
  

   straight 
  in 
  spectabilis. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  HOPLOCNEMIS 
  AURIVENTRIS, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  55. 
  

  

  Head, 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  legs 
  piceous 
  black, 
  elytra 
  piceous 
  red, 
  

   propygidium 
  and 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   head 
  very 
  rugose, 
  villose, 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  a 
  sharp, 
  conical, 
  

   not 
  compressed 
  tubercle 
  equally 
  developed 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   sharply 
  six-dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  obliquely 
  ampliate 
  

   laterally 
  from 
  the 
  anterior 
  angle 
  to 
  about 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  

   whence 
  it 
  is 
  slightly 
  and 
  roundly 
  attenuate 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  it 
  is 
  

   deeply 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  has 
  a 
  shallow 
  median 
  groove, 
  is 
  

   briefly 
  pubescent, 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  longish 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  is 
  somewhat 
  narrow, 
  moderately 
  long, 
  and 
  deeply 
  pitted 
  ; 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  are 
  gradually 
  ampliated 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  

   part 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  broadest, 
  and 
  moderately 
  attenuate 
  from 
  there 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  diagonal 
  costa 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  is 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  but 
  less 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  in 
  which, 
  moreover, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  also 
  

   a 
  little 
  less 
  ampliate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  they 
  are 
  somewhat 
  

   closely 
  and 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  each 
  puncture 
  bearing 
  a 
  short, 
  black 
  

   bristle, 
  and 
  in 
  specimens 
  which 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  rubbed, 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  

   in 
  the 
  median 
  discoidal 
  part, 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  past 
  the 
  middle, 
  some 
  

   appressed, 
  slender, 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  closely 
  set 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   vertical, 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  and 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  are 
  thickened 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  as 
  broad 
  but 
  shorter, 
  

   somewhat 
  deeply 
  excavated 
  inwardly 
  at 
  apex, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  excavate 
  part 
  a 
  short, 
  sharp 
  spine 
  set 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  

   apical 
  spur, 
  and 
  below 
  it 
  a 
  short, 
  blunt 
  process 
  serrate 
  outwardly 
  in 
  

   the 
  male 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  thick 
  but 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-11^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6^-8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Caledon, 
  

   Malmesbury). 
  

  

  HOPLOCNEMIS 
  ARMATA, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  54. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  greatly 
  resembles 
  H. 
  auriventris, 
  the 
  facies, 
  size, 
  and 
  

   sculpture 
  being 
  similar 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  examples, 
  however, 
  have 
  

  

  