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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  fuscous-brown, 
  very 
  briefly 
  pubescent, 
  

   pygidium 
  without 
  any 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   very 
  massive 
  and 
  simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  

   swollen 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  sharp, 
  

   spine-like 
  mucro 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   hind 
  tarsi 
  very 
  short, 
  massive, 
  fifth 
  joint 
  

   strongly 
  dentate 
  underneath 
  (pi. 
  xlii., 
  fig. 
  34) 
  arthriticus. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  ochraceous 
  ap- 
  

   pressed 
  hairs, 
  scutellum 
  and 
  pygidium 
  densely 
  

   scaly 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  moderately 
  robust, 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  very 
  swollen 
  inwardly, 
  simple, 
  notmucro- 
  

   nate 
  at 
  apex 
  (pi. 
  xlii., 
  fig. 
  39) 
  ditus. 
  

  

  D. 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  spur. 
  

   b 
  2 
  . 
  Hind 
  claw 
  single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  reddish 
  brown, 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellowish 
  

   scales 
  forming 
  three 
  bands 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  : 
  

   pygidium 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  more 
  massive 
  than 
  the 
  femora, 
  very 
  

   swollen 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  

   sharp 
  but 
  not 
  mucronate 
  ; 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  very 
  short 
  

   and 
  massive, 
  fifth 
  joint 
  bi-dentate 
  underneath 
  . 
  . 
  insignis. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  black 
  and 
  without 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  less 
  swollen 
  exactor. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  black, 
  briefly 
  pilose, 
  apical 
  margin 
  with 
  

   some 
  yellow 
  scales, 
  pygidium 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  with 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  inner 
  tooth 
  

   near 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  broad, 
  deeply 
  scooped 
  

   inwardly, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  median 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  excavation, 
  apical 
  

   mucro 
  distinct, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  long 
  pulverosus. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  dark 
  chestnut-brown, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  few 
  

   scales 
  along 
  the 
  hind 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margins 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  without 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  robust 
  and 
  with 
  an 
  inner 
  tooth 
  

   near 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  bi-carinate 
  under- 
  

   neath, 
  inner 
  carina 
  very 
  bluntly 
  toothed, 
  apical 
  

   part 
  not 
  mucronate 
  indigens. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  testaceous, 
  briefly 
  pilose, 
  apical 
  margins 
  

   with 
  some 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  scaly; 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  robust, 
  simple, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  articulation 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  sharply 
  angular; 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  emarginate 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  

   deeply 
  scooped 
  inwardly, 
  bluntly 
  dentate 
  on 
  the 
  

   inner 
  edge 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  nearly 
  equally 
  

   mucronate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  apex 
  connatus. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  piceous 
  black, 
  body 
  without 
  any 
  scales, 
  

  

  hind 
  tibiae 
  a 
  little 
  ampliate, 
  no 
  apical 
  mucro 
  . 
  . 
  incongruens. 
  

  

  