﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  731 
  

  

  this 
  spine 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  tooth, 
  and 
  also 
  another 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  

   knee 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  dentate 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  very 
  

   much 
  curved, 
  have 
  a 
  sharp 
  inner 
  tooth 
  below 
  the 
  knee, 
  are 
  strongly 
  

   mucronate 
  at 
  apex, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  distinct 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  hind 
  

   claw 
  is 
  half 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  and 
  both 
  are 
  cleft. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  recognised 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  femora, 
  the 
  horizontal 
  spine 
  of 
  which 
  reaches 
  underneath 
  as 
  far 
  

   as 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  small 
  development 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  not 
  as 
  

   much 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  thigh 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  large 
  examples. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  5-6-J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-3-J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Transvaal 
  (Potchefstroom). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  gonager, 
  Fabric, 
  

  

  Spec. 
  Insect., 
  i., 
  p. 
  45. 
  

  

  Oliv., 
  Entom., 
  i., 
  p. 
  74, 
  pi. 
  vi., 
  fig. 
  68. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Head, 
  prothorax 
  and 
  pectus 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  legs, 
  and 
  

   elytra 
  rufescent, 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  contiguous 
  yellow 
  scales 
  

   but 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  a 
  black, 
  velvety 
  coating 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   with 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  very 
  little 
  distinct 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  dense 
  pubescence, 
  partly 
  appressed, 
  and 
  some 
  

   slightly 
  elongate 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  slightly 
  bi- 
  

   costate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  two 
  costae 
  unite 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   callus, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  briefly 
  setigerous, 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  is 
  covered 
  

   with 
  small, 
  contiguous 
  scales 
  ; 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  

   abdomen 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  a 
  little 
  paler 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  surface 
  ; 
  trochanters 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  sharp, 
  hind 
  

   thighs 
  with 
  a 
  well-developed 
  tooth 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   knee 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  dentate 
  outwardly, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  moderately 
  curved, 
  

   grooved 
  beneath, 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  tooth 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  basal 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  groove 
  and 
  with 
  both 
  edges 
  distinctly 
  serrate, 
  mucro 
  

   curved, 
  sharp 
  but 
  short, 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  not 
  

   half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  outer, 
  and 
  not 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown 
  with 
  certainty. 
  

  

  Length 
  5^-6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-3 
  J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  cttrinus, 
  Burm., 
  

  

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

  

  Male 
  : 
  Very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  colour 
  

   is 
  dark 
  brown, 
  and 
  the 
  scales 
  have 
  a 
  more 
  greenish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  