﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  729 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  disk, 
  and 
  another 
  along 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  suture 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  with 
  two 
  basal 
  brown 
  patches 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  nearly 
  obliterated, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  

   pubescent, 
  and 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has, 
  besides 
  the 
  coating 
  of 
  green 
  scales, 
  

   a 
  flavescent 
  pubescence 
  more 
  distinct 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  slightly 
  lanceolate 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  

   the 
  same 
  colour, 
  that 
  is 
  to 
  say, 
  paler 
  than 
  those 
  forming 
  the 
  two 
  

   bands 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  hind 
  trochanters 
  sharply 
  spinose, 
  hind 
  thighs 
  

   swollen 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  sharp 
  tooth 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  knee, 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  beneath 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  

   groove 
  slightly 
  dentate 
  there, 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  being 
  strongly 
  serrate 
  ; 
  

   they 
  are 
  strongly 
  mucronate 
  at 
  tip, 
  and 
  are 
  without 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  

   inner 
  claw 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  outer, 
  which 
  is 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  The 
  vestiture 
  is 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  instead 
  of 
  

   having 
  two 
  brown 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  somewhat 
  orange. 
  

  

  Length 
  4^—6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2J-3-J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  Estcourt). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  might 
  be 
  taken 
  for 
  a 
  small 
  example 
  of 
  H. 
  sulphureus, 
  

   but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  not 
  costate, 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  have 
  not 
  

   the 
  conspicuous 
  median 
  inner 
  tooth, 
  ( 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  are 
  

   uniformly 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  instead 
  of 
  having 
  bands 
  of 
  squamiform 
  

   hairs. 
  

  

  Hetekochelus 
  icteeicus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  rufescent 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  greenish-yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  

   teeth 
  small 
  but 
  distinct 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  flavous 
  or 
  

   yellow 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  has 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  elongate 
  

   yellow 
  scales, 
  which 
  fill 
  also 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  groove 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  entirely 
  clothed 
  with 
  contiguous 
  

   round 
  yellow 
  scales, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  two 
  very 
  feebly 
  raised 
  

   costae 
  having 
  each 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  remote, 
  somewhat 
  squamulose, 
  very 
  

   short, 
  whitish 
  bristles 
  ; 
  propygidium, 
  pygidium 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  closely 
  set, 
  round, 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  with 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  long 
  and 
  spinose, 
  and 
  having 
  the 
  inner 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  

   well 
  developed 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  bent, 
  scooped 
  beneath 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  

   having 
  a 
  small 
  tooth 
  near 
  the 
  knee 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  excavation, 
  

   and 
  close 
  to 
  it 
  a 
  strong, 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   groove, 
  while 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  is 
  very 
  strongly 
  serrate 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  

   strongly 
  incurved 
  apical 
  mucro 
  ; 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  hind 
  

   tarsi 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer, 
  which 
  is 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  