﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  721 
  

  

  Elytra 
  black, 
  sub-costate, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  two 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish 
  elongated 
  scales 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  scaly 
  but 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  round 
  

   denuded 
  patches; 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  

   simple, 
  slender 
  nubilus. 
  

  

  b 
  l 
  . 
  Hind 
  claws 
  double. 
  

   c 
  2 
  . 
  Trochanters 
  spinose. 
  

  

  Elytra 
  chestnut-red 
  and 
  having 
  three 
  lines 
  of 
  

   round 
  white 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  part 
  

   scaly 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  hind 
  tibise 
  grooved, 
  

   the 
  groove 
  sharply 
  carinate 
  and 
  dentate 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  inner 
  mucro 
  long, 
  somewhat 
  

   curved 
  fraudulentus. 
  

  

  c 
  1 
  . 
  Trochanters 
  not 
  spinose. 
  

  

  Body 
  red 
  ; 
  elytra 
  scaly 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  denuded 
  

  

  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  ; 
  hind 
  

  

  femora 
  angular 
  near 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibise 
  

  

  hollowed 
  and 
  dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  underneath 
  

  

  near 
  the 
  base, 
  apical 
  mucro 
  strong 
  and 
  curved 
  . 
  . 
  serripes. 
  

  

  A 
  1 
  . 
  Clypeus 
  bi-dentate 
  in 
  front 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  sharp 
  lateral 
  tooth. 
  

  

  B 
  2 
  . 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  spur. 
  

  

  a 
  2 
  . 
  Hind 
  claw 
  double. 
  

  

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  Prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  villose 
  pubescence, 
  

   scutellum, 
  elytra, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  deep 
  

   orange-red 
  scales, 
  pygidium 
  without 
  scales 
  dissidens. 
  

  

  a 
  1 
  . 
  Hind 
  claw 
  simple. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  thick, 
  dense, 
  yellow 
  pubescence, 
  

   elytra, 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  con- 
  

   tiguous 
  deep 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  conspicuously 
  

   villose 
  outwardly 
  only 
  controversus. 
  

  

  B 
  1 
  . 
  Hind 
  tibiae 
  without 
  apical 
  spur. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  with 
  five 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish 
  squamose 
  hairs, 
  

  

  elytra 
  with 
  two 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish 
  scales 
  . 
  . 
  vittiferus. 
  

  

  Second 
  Division. 
  

  

  Anterior 
  tibiae 
  quadri-dentate 
  outwardly 
  (Ischnochelus). 
  

  

  A 
  2 
  . 
  Elytra 
  bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Intervals 
  of 
  elytra 
  and 
  posterior 
  margin 
  filled 
  with 
  round 
  scales, 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  scaly 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  basal 
  tooth 
  of 
  anterior 
  tibise 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  the 
  other 
  three 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  dentate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  : 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  with 
  broad, 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  sulcataa. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  closely 
  and 
  finely 
  punctured 
  prcestabilis. 
  

  

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