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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  pygidium 
  is 
  black 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   scales 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  similar, 
  but 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  thicker 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  mucro 
  is 
  more 
  developed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  inner 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   and 
  is 
  distinctly 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Length 
  5^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (no 
  exact 
  locality). 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  parilis, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  antennae, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  club, 
  reddish 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   with 
  three 
  dorsal 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish 
  scales 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  

   and 
  a 
  somewhat 
  indistinct 
  marginal 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   nude, 
  shining 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  visibly 
  dentate 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  but 
  

   with 
  the 
  angles 
  sharp 
  and 
  acute 
  ; 
  head 
  granulose, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   a 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  slightly 
  scabroso-punctate 
  and 
  

   having 
  the 
  median 
  posterior 
  groove 
  very 
  distinct, 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   long, 
  not 
  very 
  dense, 
  greyish-black 
  erect 
  hairs 
  interspersed 
  with 
  a 
  

   few 
  greyish 
  scales 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  distinct 
  basal 
  band 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   somewhat 
  sharp 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  elytra 
  not 
  much 
  ampliated 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  part 
  and 
  narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  costate 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   three 
  intervals 
  filled 
  with 
  small, 
  round, 
  greyish 
  scales, 
  which 
  form 
  

   also 
  a 
  band 
  along 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  border 
  of 
  

   similar 
  scales, 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  strong 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  swollen 
  ; 
  the 
  trochanters 
  

   are 
  developed 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  triangular 
  tooth, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  femora 
  the 
  inner 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  greatly 
  

   developed 
  than 
  the 
  outer, 
  and 
  is 
  set 
  more 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  swollen 
  but 
  the 
  edges 
  are 
  compressed, 
  grooved 
  

   beneath 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  small 
  basal 
  tooth, 
  and 
  

   the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  inner 
  wall 
  of 
  the 
  groove 
  is 
  distinctly 
  dentate 
  close 
  

   to 
  the 
  basal 
  minor 
  tooth, 
  the 
  apical 
  mucro 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  sharp, 
  and 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  claws 
  are 
  long, 
  single 
  and 
  

   simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  

   rufescent 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  hairy, 
  not 
  scaly 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  scaly, 
  

   but 
  not 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  small 
  flavescent 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  5-6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Worcester), 
  

   ? 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  