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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xir 
  

  

  having 
  a 
  few 
  scales 
  along 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  ; 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  4-4-| 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  H. 
  hybriclus, 
  Burm., 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  received 
  from 
  Graham's 
  Town, 
  

   is 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  H. 
  pachyglutus, 
  but 
  the 
  trochanters 
  of 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  are 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  elongate, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  angular 
  tooth 
  of 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Paarl, 
  Malmes- 
  

   bury, 
  Clanwilliam, 
  Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  aubantiacus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  104. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  covered 
  with 
  light 
  golden-yellow 
  scales, 
  legs 
  red 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  with 
  four 
  teeth, 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  ones 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  small 
  ; 
  

   head 
  briefly 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  slightly 
  

   more 
  elongate 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  elytra, 
  which 
  are 
  

   rounder 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  denser 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  non-costate 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  densely 
  scaly, 
  

   the 
  scales 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  almost 
  non-spinose, 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   are 
  swollen, 
  and 
  the 
  teeth 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  knee 
  are 
  of 
  equal 
  size 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  obliquely 
  emarginate 
  inwardly 
  for 
  some 
  distance 
  

   from 
  the 
  base, 
  compressed, 
  not 
  grooved 
  beneath, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   median 
  short 
  but 
  sharp 
  tooth 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  face; 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  

   mucro 
  or 
  apical 
  spur 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  claws 
  are 
  single 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Elytra 
  chestnut-red, 
  partially 
  squamose 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  

   of 
  the 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Port 
  Elizabeth). 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  akmatus, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLII, 
  fig. 
  45. 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  107. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  reddish 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   prothorax 
  are 
  briefly 
  but 
  moderately 
  densely 
  pubescent, 
  and 
  have 
  

   very 
  few 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  which 
  can, 
  however, 
  be 
  traced 
  along 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  scutellum, 
  elytra, 
  propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  ochraceous-yellow, 
  contiguous 
  scales 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   quadri-dentate, 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  very 
  small 
  ; 
  elytra 
  without 
  

   costae 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  thick, 
  long 
  and 
  having 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  

   the 
  knee 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  spine 
  curving 
  somewhat 
  downwards, 
  the 
  

  

  