﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  725 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  aemipes, 
  Bohem., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  30. 
  

  

  Insect. 
  Caffrar., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  154. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Head 
  and 
  pectus 
  black, 
  prothorax 
  aeneous 
  black, 
  or 
  reddish 
  

   with 
  a 
  faint 
  metallic 
  tinge 
  ; 
  elytra 
  reddish 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  having 
  

   three 
  distinct 
  dorsal 
  bands 
  of 
  yellowish 
  or 
  sub-flavescent 
  scales, 
  and 
  

   an 
  indistinct 
  one 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  legs 
  reddish 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   scaly 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  brown, 
  velvety 
  patch 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  sharply 
  bi-dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  tip, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  some- 
  

   what 
  indistinct 
  teeth 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  head 
  granulose, 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense 
  sub-villose 
  flavescent 
  erect 
  hairs 
  which 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  appressed 
  along 
  the 
  basal 
  margin 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  closely 
  set 
  elongate 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  distinctly 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  costate, 
  with 
  the 
  intervals 
  filled 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  with 
  

   a 
  band 
  of 
  elongated 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  turning 
  sometimes 
  to 
  grey, 
  the 
  

   juxta-sutural 
  band 
  is 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  two, 
  and 
  the 
  rounded 
  

   costae 
  are 
  briefly 
  but 
  densely 
  setulose, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   are 
  deep 
  yellow 
  and 
  very 
  minute, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  basal 
  velvety 
  patches 
  

   are 
  longitudinal 
  and 
  reach 
  to 
  half 
  the 
  length, 
  the 
  propygidium 
  has 
  a 
  

   broad 
  border 
  of 
  scales 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  have 
  inwardly 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  sharp 
  median 
  

   spine, 
  this 
  being 
  really 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  trochanter 
  which 
  is 
  quite 
  fused 
  

   with 
  the 
  femur, 
  and 
  an 
  inner, 
  strong, 
  sub-hamate 
  one 
  set 
  near 
  the 
  

   knee 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  slightly 
  dentate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  

   somewhat 
  long, 
  moderately 
  scooped 
  inwardly, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  transverse 
  

   graduated 
  process 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  edge, 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   edge 
  a 
  strong 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  situated 
  a 
  little 
  lower 
  down, 
  the 
  

   mucronate 
  apical 
  process 
  is 
  arcuate 
  and 
  sharp, 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  

   between 
  the 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  mucro 
  is 
  pluri-serrate, 
  

   the 
  upper 
  edge 
  is 
  also 
  denticulate 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  and 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  

   truncate 
  projecting 
  process, 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  spur, 
  and 
  the 
  incised 
  

   inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  is 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  which 
  is 
  

   simple. 
  In 
  the 
  small 
  examples 
  the 
  truncate 
  transverse 
  process 
  on 
  

   the 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  is 
  not 
  strongly 
  developed. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  The 
  female 
  has 
  the 
  head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  black 
  ; 
  

   the 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  are 
  similar 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  also 
  the 
  scaly 
  

   bands, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  faint 
  trace 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  black 
  

   patches, 
  but 
  is 
  as 
  scaly 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3f-4|- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  Estcourt) 
  ; 
  Transvaal 
  (Johannesburg). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  examples 
  from 
  Johannesburg, 
  which 
  are 
  smaller 
  than 
  those 
  

  

  