﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Goleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  747 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Tulbagh). 
  

  

  H. 
  dentifrons, 
  Blanch., 
  is 
  a 
  variety 
  with 
  reddish 
  elytra. 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  simulans, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  This 
  species 
  might 
  be 
  mistaken 
  for 
  H. 
  forcipatus 
  ; 
  the 
  size 
  

   and 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  the 
  same, 
  but 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  quadri- 
  

   dentate 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  teeth 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  developed 
  nor 
  so 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  somewhat 
  bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  have 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  bands 
  of 
  orange-yellow 
  nearly 
  contiguous 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  

   propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  similar 
  scales, 
  

   but 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  two 
  basal 
  dark 
  patches. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  forcipatus. 
  

  

  Length 
  3-4 
  J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  -2 
  J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town, 
  Stellenbosch). 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  spueius, 
  n. 
  spec, 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  still 
  more 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  forcipatus 
  

   than 
  H. 
  mimics 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish, 
  dense 
  appressed 
  

   hairs, 
  like 
  in 
  H. 
  forcipatus, 
  but 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  quadri-dentate 
  and 
  

   similar 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  H. 
  mimus 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  has 
  no 
  scales, 
  

   and 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Caledon, 
  Eiversdale). 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  elegans, 
  n. 
  spec, 
  

   Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  50. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  light 
  testaceous, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  reddish, 
  

   or 
  occasionally 
  black 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  band 
  of 
  

   yellowish 
  scales 
  and 
  a 
  less 
  distinct 
  outer 
  marginal 
  and 
  basal 
  one, 
  

   elytra 
  with 
  three 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  of 
  similar 
  scales 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   pygidium 
  without 
  scales, 
  propygidium 
  and 
  abdomen 
  scaly, 
  upper 
  

   edge 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  fringed 
  with 
  long 
  hairs, 
  joints 
  of 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  

   fasciculate 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  very 
  closely 
  scabroso-punctate, 
  

   clypeus 
  quadri-dentate, 
  the 
  two 
  median 
  teeth 
  very 
  sharp, 
  but 
  smaller 
  

   than 
  the 
  outer 
  ones 
  which 
  are 
  strongly 
  developed 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  pubescence, 
  fringed 
  with 
  short 
  bristles 
  laterally, 
  

   deeply 
  grooved 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   groove 
  filled 
  with 
  the 
  yellow 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  denser 
  there 
  than 
  along 
  

   the 
  base 
  or 
  the 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  elongate, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  strongly 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  

  

  