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

  

  Dichelus 
  platynotus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  112. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  opaque, 
  pilose, 
  antennae 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  rufous 
  ; 
  pygi- 
  

   dium 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  with 
  flavous 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  2-f 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Communicated 
  by 
  Herr 
  von 
  Winthem. 
  This 
  species 
  resembles 
  

   closely 
  D. 
  holosericeus, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  larger, 
  everywhere 
  punctate, 
  

   and 
  more 
  densely 
  hairy 
  ; 
  the 
  distinctive 
  character 
  is 
  the 
  much 
  more 
  

   depressed 
  elytra, 
  in 
  every 
  other 
  respect 
  it 
  is 
  similar, 
  but 
  the 
  hairs 
  

   and 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  yellow 
  instead 
  of 
  white, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  pygidium 
  

   is 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs 
  are 
  light 
  red 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  

   the 
  hind 
  thighs 
  have 
  the 
  trochanter 
  spinose, 
  but 
  are 
  otherwise 
  simple, 
  

   but 
  the 
  articulation 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  is 
  aculeate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  curved 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  basal 
  tooth 
  underneath 
  near 
  the 
  knee,, 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  spur. 
  " 
  

  

  Dichelus 
  nitidissimus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  113. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  shining, 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  red; 
  prothorax 
  sulcate, 
  squamose 
  

   behind 
  ; 
  scutellum, 
  scapulae, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  squamose. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  one 
  (_D. 
  denticeps), 
  

   but 
  the 
  extremely 
  conspicuous 
  sheen 
  makes 
  it 
  resemble 
  more 
  closely 
  

   still 
  D. 
  bivittatus. 
  Head, 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  

   body 
  black, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  quadri-dentate, 
  but 
  

   the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  are 
  very 
  feeble 
  and 
  set 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  ; 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  shining, 
  somewhat 
  thickly 
  

   punctulate 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  and 
  each 
  puncture 
  bears 
  

   a 
  hair, 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  somewhat 
  scattered 
  ; 
  there 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  part 
  a 
  furrow 
  set 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  

   spread 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  part. 
  Similar 
  scales 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  

   scutellum, 
  the 
  scapulae, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  pectus, 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  

   pygidium, 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  two 
  black 
  patches 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  very 
  

   shiny 
  and 
  have 
  some 
  short, 
  bristly 
  hairs 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  they 
  are 
  entirely 
  red, 
  as 
  are 
  also 
  the 
  legs, 
  the 
  antennae, 
  and 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  long 
  hind 
  legs 
  have 
  the 
  trochanters 
  strongly 
  

   spinose, 
  and 
  the 
  thighs 
  with 
  a 
  spine 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   articulation 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  curved 
  and 
  simple 
  but. 
  

   mucronate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  without 
  apical 
  spur; 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  

   setose 
  with 
  the 
  setae 
  long, 
  and 
  have 
  two 
  unequal 
  claws, 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  

   is 
  simple, 
  long 
  and 
  thick, 
  and 
  a 
  shorter 
  cleft 
  one 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  of 
  the- 
  

  

  