﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  727 
  

  

  yellow 
  scales 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  also 
  

   scaly, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  distinct 
  dark 
  brownish 
  

   patches 
  which 
  nearly 
  coalesce 
  and 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  trochan- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  sharp, 
  femora 
  swollen 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  

   well-developed 
  inner 
  tooth 
  at 
  the 
  knee, 
  but 
  none 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  grooved 
  beneath 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  

   greatly 
  developed 
  triangular, 
  sub-median 
  inner 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  

   part 
  is 
  strongly 
  mucronate 
  sub-horizontally, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  

   between 
  the 
  tooth 
  and 
  the 
  mucro 
  is 
  not 
  serrate 
  ; 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  

   Jiind 
  legs 
  only 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Much 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  elytra 
  chestnut-brown, 
  

   and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  four 
  bands 
  of 
  yellowish 
  lanceolate 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  covered 
  with 
  yellowish 
  scales, 
  and 
  having 
  two 
  basal, 
  

   dark 
  brown 
  spots. 
  

  

  Length 
  6|— 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4-5f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban), 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Pondoland). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  consanguineus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Eeddish 
  brown 
  with 
  the 
  clypeus 
  black 
  ; 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  hairs 
  and 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  orange-yellow 
  

   without 
  any 
  greenish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  distinctly 
  costate, 
  the 
  

   costae 
  are 
  bristly 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  scales, 
  while 
  the 
  intervals 
  are 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  them 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  entirely 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   scales, 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  dark 
  brown 
  patch 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  and 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  are 
  alike, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  nearly 
  similar, 
  but 
  the 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  of 
  the 
  groove 
  beneath 
  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  dentate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   the 
  inner 
  median 
  tooth 
  is 
  often 
  bifid 
  ; 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  half 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  which 
  is 
  simple. 
  The 
  hind 
  legs 
  very 
  much 
  

   resemble 
  those 
  of 
  H. 
  placatus. 
  

  

  In 
  very 
  fresh 
  examples 
  the 
  costas 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  as 
  much 
  

   covered 
  with 
  scales 
  as 
  the 
  intervals. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  5f-6f 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3i-4|- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  furoninus, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  98. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  gonager, 
  but 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  is 
  redder 
  brown, 
  the 
  head 
  only 
  being 
  black 
  • 
  the 
  squamose, 
  

   lanciform 
  hairs 
  are 
  not 
  set 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  are 
  feebly 
  costate, 
  the 
  costae 
  being 
  set 
  with 
  short 
  lanciform, 
  

   squamose 
  bristles, 
  they 
  are 
  costate, 
  but 
  the 
  costae 
  and 
  the 
  intervals 
  

  

  