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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  are 
  filled 
  with 
  round 
  scales 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  ; 
  the 
  pygi- 
  

   dium 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow-ochre 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  very 
  

   thick, 
  the 
  trochanter 
  is 
  spinose 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  is 
  

   conspicuous, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  curved 
  and 
  crenulate 
  beneath 
  on 
  

   each 
  side, 
  but 
  have 
  a 
  strong 
  ante-apical 
  tooth 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  is 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  outer, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  deeply 
  incised. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  colour 
  and 
  shape 
  ; 
  the 
  

   median 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  are 
  likewise 
  almost 
  obliterated 
  ; 
  the 
  

   shape 
  of 
  the 
  claws 
  is 
  similar, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  hairs 
  instead 
  of 
  

   scales 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Rob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (? 
  Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  Length 
  5J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  consors, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Greenish 
  black, 
  shining 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  two 
  interrupted 
  bands 
  

   of 
  sub-flavescent 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  size, 
  shape, 
  and 
  vestiture 
  of 
  H. 
  

   multidentatus 
  , 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  more 
  rugose, 
  while 
  the 
  two 
  dorsal 
  

   impressed 
  intervals 
  are 
  deeper, 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  more 
  fulvous 
  and 
  

   longer; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  denuded, 
  shining 
  and 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   has 
  a 
  median 
  emargination 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  

   at 
  all 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  ; 
  the 
  juxta-sutural 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  begins 
  

   only 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  and 
  also 
  rounds 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  dorsal 
  one 
  

   reaches 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  supra- 
  

   marginal 
  one 
  is 
  obliterated 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  very 
  robust 
  and 
  

   have 
  a 
  conspicuously 
  long 
  inner 
  tooth 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  knee, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  slightly 
  dentate 
  inwardly 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  knee 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   margin, 
  while 
  the 
  lower 
  margin 
  is 
  conspicuously 
  dentate 
  at 
  the 
  

   base, 
  the 
  tibia 
  itself 
  is 
  flattened 
  inwardly, 
  scarcely 
  concave 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  the 
  two 
  angles 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  produced 
  into 
  two 
  long, 
  but 
  not 
  

   very 
  robust 
  hooked 
  mucros 
  of 
  equal 
  size. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  6} 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Clanwilliam). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  contractus, 
  Bohem., 
  

  

  Insect. 
  Caffrar., 
  ii., 
  p. 
  156. 
  

  

  H. 
  pruinosus, 
  Boh., 
  loc. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  157. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Head 
  black, 
  prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  fuscous 
  or 
  dark 
  chestnut- 
  

   brown, 
  legs 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  reddish 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  contiguous, 
  round, 
  yellowish-green 
  scales, 
  the 
  latter 
  non-costate, 
  

   and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  a 
  diagonal 
  band 
  of 
  whiter 
  scales 
  reaching 
  

  

  