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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  and 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  knee 
  there 
  is 
  the 
  customary 
  inner 
  tooth 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  

   single, 
  simple, 
  intermediate 
  ones 
  double, 
  the 
  outer 
  deeply 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (locality 
  unknown). 
  The 
  only 
  example 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  is 
  one 
  collected 
  by 
  Drege. 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  lugens, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  119. 
  

   H. 
  miserabilis, 
  Blanch., 
  Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom., 
  p. 
  66. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  chestnut-brown 
  or 
  occasionally 
  black, 
  clypeus 
  

   sharply 
  tri-dentate 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  erect, 
  

   black 
  pubescence, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  

   a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  covered 
  with 
  yellow 
  

   ovate 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  shape, 
  faintly 
  costulate 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  closely 
  punctured 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  three 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  obliterated 
  bands 
  of 
  ovate 
  yellow 
  scales 
  intermingled 
  

   with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  sub-appressed, 
  blackish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  

   and 
  abdomen 
  edged 
  with 
  yellow 
  scales 
  and 
  thick 
  squamose 
  hairs, 
  

   pygidium 
  deeply 
  punctured 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  squamose 
  hair 
  

   in 
  each 
  puncture 
  ; 
  legs 
  reddish, 
  hind 
  femora 
  robust 
  and 
  having 
  

   a 
  very 
  distinct 
  inner 
  tooth 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  the 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  sharp, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  curved, 
  swollen 
  inwardly 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  then 
  compressed 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   produced 
  into 
  a 
  short 
  but 
  sharp 
  mucro, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   excavated 
  part 
  underneath 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  not 
  produced 
  

   inwardly 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple, 
  intermediate 
  one 
  single, 
  

   but 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Similar 
  in 
  colour 
  to 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  more 
  

   densely 
  villose, 
  and 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  lighter, 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  replaced 
  

   by 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  which 
  cover 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  the 
  pygidial 
  area, 
  

   and 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  only 
  a 
  sutural 
  and 
  a 
  narrow 
  outer 
  marginal 
  band 
  

   of 
  these 
  hairs. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Ceres, 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  H. 
  miserabilis, 
  BL, 
  is 
  a 
  red 
  variety. 
  

  

  

  Heterochelus 
  escourtianus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Totally 
  black, 
  scutellum, 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  abdomen 
  and 
  

   metasternum 
  clothed 
  with 
  deep 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  

   densely 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  greyish, 
  clypeus 
  broadly 
  and 
  sharply 
  

  

  