﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  697 
  

  

  median, 
  shallow 
  impression 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  margin 
  tuberculate 
  in 
  

   front 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  double 
  row 
  of 
  punctures 
  nearly 
  

   obliterated 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  elytra 
  moderately 
  obliquely 
  ampliated 
  

   laterally 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  to 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  

   obliquely 
  attenuated 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  humeral 
  

   callus 
  is 
  distinct, 
  but 
  only 
  slightly 
  prolonged 
  towards 
  the 
  median 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  costate, 
  the 
  supra-apical 
  callus 
  is 
  

   distinct, 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  deeply 
  but 
  not 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  each 
  

   puncture 
  bearing 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  bristle 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  upper 
  sides 
  

   of 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  black, 
  or 
  fulvous 
  dense 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  sloping 
  forward 
  and 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  constricted 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  being 
  

   greatly 
  thickened 
  and 
  the 
  tibiae 
  convex, 
  tectiform, 
  broadly 
  scooped 
  

   beneath, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apices 
  greatly 
  produced, 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  into 
  a 
  

   very 
  long, 
  broadly 
  spiniform 
  process, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  into 
  a 
  blunter 
  

   but 
  also 
  long 
  process, 
  scooped 
  inwardly 
  and 
  tri-dentate 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  there 
  

   is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  an 
  apical 
  spur; 
  the 
  four 
  basal 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  set 
  

   very 
  closely 
  to 
  one 
  another, 
  the 
  fifth 
  has 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  

   beneath, 
  and 
  the 
  claw 
  which 
  is 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  five 
  joints 
  taken 
  

   together 
  is 
  strongly 
  sinuate 
  at 
  tip 
  and 
  somewhat 
  slender. 
  In 
  the 
  

   female 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  slightly 
  more 
  parallel, 
  and 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  very 
  dense 
  and 
  very 
  long. 
  

  

  Length 
  11-13 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  7-8 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  Tkibe 
  HOPLIINI. 
  

  

  Gkoup 
  HETEROCHELIDES. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  seldom 
  with 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  

   angles. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate, 
  all 
  three 
  teeth 
  somewhat 
  connate 
  

  

  at 
  the 
  base, 
  all 
  claws 
  double, 
  equal, 
  diverging 
  Dichelus. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  tibias 
  tri- 
  or 
  four-dentate, 
  all 
  the 
  teeth 
  somewhat 
  

   connate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  hind 
  claws 
  double 
  but 
  unequal 
  and 
  

   appressed, 
  or 
  single 
  and 
  simple 
  Heterochelus. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi- 
  or 
  tri-dentate, 
  apical 
  tooth 
  not 
  connate. 
  

  

  Scutellum 
  very 
  long, 
  sharply 
  triangular 
  Onwcrates. 
  

  

  Scutellum 
  rectangular, 
  broad 
  and 
  triangular 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  . 
  . 
  Goniaspidius. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  tooth 
  bifid 
  and 
  

   broadly 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  : 
  

  

  Lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  armed 
  with 
  teeth 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  very 
  convex 
  Dicranocnemus. 
  

   Lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  without 
  teeth 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  plane 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  Nanniscus. 
  

  

  