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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  anterior 
  part 
  for 
  half 
  the 
  length, 
  and 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior, 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  deeply 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  densely 
  

   hairy, 
  and 
  fringed 
  with 
  longer 
  hairs 
  laterally 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  long, 
  sharp 
  

   at 
  tip, 
  impressed 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  which 
  is 
  bare, 
  but 
  the 
  

   sides 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  slightly 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  gradually 
  

   and 
  moderately 
  ampliate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus 
  

   is 
  not 
  as 
  strongly 
  developed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Hoplocnemis, 
  

   and 
  the 
  oblique, 
  rounded 
  dorsal 
  costa 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  distinct, 
  they 
  are 
  

   covered 
  with 
  small, 
  elongate, 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  not 
  closely 
  set, 
  and 
  

   have, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  sutural 
  and 
  marginal 
  rows 
  of 
  black 
  bristles, 
  

   several 
  series 
  of 
  equally 
  long, 
  black 
  bristles 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   barely 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  which 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  scales, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  not 
  

   contiguous 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  vertical 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  apical 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  are 
  not 
  scaly 
  ; 
  posterior 
  femora 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  very 
  

   much 
  thickened 
  and 
  convex 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  face, 
  tibiae 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  thigh, 
  not 
  very 
  swollen 
  but 
  dilated 
  at 
  apex, 
  horizontally 
  

   scooped 
  out 
  there 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  apical 
  part 
  is 
  produced 
  into 
  two 
  linear 
  

   spines, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  is 
  bifid 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  serrate 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  very 
  short, 
  and 
  nearly 
  

   fused, 
  the 
  fifth 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  four 
  basal 
  ones 
  

   taken 
  together, 
  and 
  is 
  somewhat 
  compressed, 
  the 
  claw 
  is 
  curved, 
  

   compressed, 
  and 
  sharp 
  inwardly, 
  but 
  the 
  apical 
  tectiform 
  part 
  is 
  

   scooped 
  outwardly 
  beneath. 
  

  

  The 
  female 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  male 
  but 
  usually 
  smaller, 
  the 
  femora 
  and 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  normal, 
  and 
  the 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  is 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  9-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5-6^- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Graham's 
  Town, 
  Uitenhage, 
  Port 
  Elizabeth). 
  

  

  Hoplocnemis 
  crassipes, 
  Oliv., 
  

   Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  3 
  ; 
  Plate 
  XLIV., 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

   Entom., 
  i., 
  3, 
  p. 
  51, 
  pi. 
  xxiii., 
  fig. 
  200 
  a-c. 
  

  

  Head, 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  black, 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  cherry-red 
  ; 
  

   head 
  very 
  rugose 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  a 
  slight 
  transverse 
  

   impression 
  abutting 
  on 
  a 
  transverse, 
  very 
  slightly 
  raised 
  ridge 
  sepa- 
  

   rating 
  the 
  head 
  from 
  the 
  clypeus 
  which 
  is 
  sharply 
  acuminate, 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  anterior 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  set 
  very 
  closely 
  together 
  ; 
  

   the 
  head 
  and 
  clypeus 
  are 
  fringed 
  with 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   attenuate 
  laterally 
  in 
  front 
  for 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  and 
  sub-parallel 
  from 
  there, 
  fringed 
  with 
  dense 
  black 
  or 
  light 
  

   fulvous 
  hairs, 
  not 
  very 
  convex, 
  not 
  grooved 
  longitudinally, 
  but 
  

   slightly 
  impressed 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  a 
  

  

  