﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Goleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  703 
  

  

  elytra 
  with 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  of 
  sub-flavescent 
  scales 
  ; 
  pygi- 
  

   dium 
  scaly 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  four, 
  distinct, 
  nearly 
  equal 
  teeth 
  ; 
  

   longitudinal 
  basal 
  sulcus 
  of 
  prothorax 
  not 
  distinct 
  ; 
  elytra 
  attenuate 
  

   laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  costate 
  with 
  the 
  intervals 
  filled 
  with 
  

   round, 
  closely 
  set 
  scales, 
  the 
  outer 
  band 
  is 
  divided 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  by 
  

   the 
  non-scaly 
  humeral 
  callus 
  ; 
  edge 
  of 
  propygidium 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  

   trochanters 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  long, 
  sharp, 
  sub-horizontal 
  spine, 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  like 
  those 
  

   of 
  D. 
  dentipes, 
  but 
  not 
  grooved 
  underneath 
  ; 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  joints 
  of 
  

   hind 
  tarsi 
  sub-triangular, 
  somewhat 
  compressed 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  claws 
  

   double, 
  of 
  very 
  equal 
  length, 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  not 
  known 
  with 
  certainty. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-7J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (? 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  Dichelus 
  simplicipes, 
  Burm.j 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  28. 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  119. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  dark 
  chestnut-brown 
  or 
  reddish 
  

   brown, 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  upper 
  surface 
  with 
  

   a 
  slight 
  metallic 
  tinge 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  two 
  interrupted 
  bands 
  of 
  white 
  

   scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  densely 
  villose 
  with 
  the 
  

   hairs 
  black 
  ; 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  faint 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  

   narrow 
  band 
  of 
  appressed 
  whitish 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  densely 
  

   scaly, 
  the 
  scales 
  elongate 
  ; 
  elytra 
  somewhat 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   part, 
  and 
  having 
  longitudinal, 
  shallow 
  depressions 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   separated 
  by 
  a 
  slightly 
  raised, 
  scarcely 
  costulate 
  space, 
  in 
  the 
  juxta- 
  

   sutural 
  depression 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  moderately 
  closely 
  set 
  elongate 
  

   white 
  scales 
  beginning 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  and 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  while 
  the 
  discoidal 
  band 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  

   depression, 
  and 
  reaches 
  to 
  past 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  

   although 
  robust, 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  much 
  developed 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   species, 
  and 
  the 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  trochanters 
  is 
  very 
  slender, 
  but 
  long, 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  are 
  compressed, 
  moderately 
  dilated 
  gradually 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  simple 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  emarginate 
  near 
  the 
  knee 
  and 
  end 
  in 
  a 
  

   moderately 
  long 
  apical 
  inner 
  mucro 
  ; 
  the 
  propygidium 
  is 
  edged 
  with 
  

   whitish 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  ventral 
  segments 
  and 
  the 
  metasternum 
  have 
  

   a 
  patch 
  of 
  white 
  scales, 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  none, 
  but 
  occasionally 
  there 
  

   are 
  a 
  few 
  remote 
  flavescent 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown 
  with 
  certainty. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Malmesbury, 
  Paarl, 
  Caledon). 
  

  

  