﻿706 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  shoulder, 
  but 
  short, 
  and 
  leaving 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  propygidium 
  

   uncovered 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  slants 
  very 
  obliquely 
  forwards 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  are 
  very 
  robust 
  and 
  simple, 
  but 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   articulation 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  is 
  sharper 
  than 
  the 
  outer 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  

   are 
  not 
  spinose, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  short, 
  curved, 
  broadly 
  dilated 
  

   inwardly 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  grooved 
  underneath 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  edges 
  

   of 
  the 
  groove 
  equal, 
  but 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  is 
  slightly 
  dentate 
  near 
  the 
  

   inner 
  apical 
  mucro 
  which 
  is 
  moderately 
  long, 
  sharp, 
  and 
  strong 
  ; 
  the 
  

   claws 
  are 
  double, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  divaricating 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   outer, 
  but 
  the 
  affinities 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  undoubtedly 
  more 
  with 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Dichelus, 
  D. 
  laticollis 
  especially, 
  than 
  with 
  any 
  

   species 
  of 
  Heterochelns. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  flavescent, 
  slightly 
  

   squamiform 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  apical 
  

   spur. 
  

  

  Length 
  5-5^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch). 
  

  

  Dichelus 
  pallidipennis, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom. 
  Mus. 
  Par., 
  p. 
  63. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  flavous, 
  pygidium 
  squamoso-villose, 
  

   and 
  having 
  two 
  denuded 
  patches 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  briefly 
  quadri- 
  

   dentate 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  outer 
  ; 
  head 
  

   and 
  prothorax 
  densely 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  greyish 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  a 
  few 
  

   appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  moderately 
  robust, 
  simple, 
  and 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  have 
  an 
  apical 
  spur, 
  the 
  hind 
  claws 
  are 
  double, 
  equal 
  

   in 
  length, 
  divaricating, 
  and 
  both 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish- 
  

   white 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  denuded 
  space. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (no 
  exact 
  locality, 
  but 
  probably 
  Malmes- 
  

   bury). 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  male 
  example 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  is 
  the 
  type. 
  

  

  Dichelus 
  zuluanus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  piceous, 
  scutellum, 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium 
  and 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  abdomen 
  with 
  sub-flavescent 
  elongate 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  scabroso-punctate, 
  somewhat 
  densely 
  

   pubescent, 
  the 
  pubescence 
  flavescent, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  quadri-dentate, 
  

  

  