﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  759 
  

  

  tri-dentate, 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  median 
  groove 
  reaching 
  from 
  

   the 
  median 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  elytra 
  distinctly 
  bi-striate 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  coriaceous 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  thick 
  but 
  

   very 
  short 
  appressed 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  propygidium, 
  abdomen, 
  

   pectus 
  and 
  legs 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  navescent 
  ; 
  spine 
  of 
  trochanters 
  

   small, 
  but 
  distinct, 
  hind 
  femora 
  somewhat 
  robust, 
  simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  also 
  simple, 
  moderately 
  ampliate, 
  somewhat 
  concave 
  inwardly 
  

   at 
  apex 
  and 
  not 
  mucronate, 
  hind 
  claw 
  robust, 
  single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Estcourt). 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  aetheiticus, 
  Fabr., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  34. 
  

  

  Spec. 
  Insect., 
  i., 
  p. 
  44. 
  

  

  Oliv., 
  Ent., 
  i., 
  5, 
  p. 
  75, 
  pi. 
  v., 
  fig. 
  44 
  a.b. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  fuscous 
  brown 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish-white 
  scales 
  which 
  narrowly 
  edge 
  

   the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  the 
  segments 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   without 
  any 
  scales 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  sculpture, 
  

   and 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  dense, 
  moderately 
  short, 
  black 
  pubescence, 
  

   clypeus 
  sharply 
  tri-dentate, 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  but 
  deep 
  basal 
  

   furrow 
  ; 
  elytra 
  distinctly 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  appressed 
  dark 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  very 
  slightly 
  

   costulate 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  robust 
  and 
  simple, 
  trochanters 
  without 
  

   spine, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  ending 
  at 
  apex 
  

   in 
  a 
  spine-like 
  mucro 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  lower 
  one 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  upper, 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  contracted, 
  very 
  massive 
  and 
  

   glabrous, 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  soldered 
  and 
  the 
  second, 
  third, 
  

   and 
  fourth 
  are 
  sharply 
  angular 
  inwardly, 
  the 
  fifth 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  all 
  

   the 
  other 
  four 
  put 
  together 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  sub-bifid 
  tooth 
  

   underneath, 
  the 
  hind 
  claw 
  is 
  very 
  robust 
  and 
  very 
  long, 
  single 
  and 
  

   simple. 
  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  some 
  species 
  

   of 
  P 
  achy 
  enema. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  light 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  

   on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  longer 
  and 
  lighter, 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  more 
  like 
  

   squamose 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  and 
  

   the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  without 
  scales 
  and 
  pubescent. 
  

  

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

  

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

   bury). 
  

  

  