﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Colcoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Ill 
  

  

  they 
  are 
  not 
  closely 
  set 
  there 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  are 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  similar 
  scales 
  ; 
  pectus 
  with 
  a 
  greyish 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  legs 
  

   brown 
  and 
  with 
  greyish 
  yellow 
  hairs, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  sharp 
  

   teeth, 
  hind 
  legs 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  long, 
  not 
  thickened 
  and 
  simple 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   claws 
  are 
  double, 
  but 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  is 
  very 
  small." 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  lituratus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  96. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  ashy 
  hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  elytra 
  red, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   densely 
  squamose 
  and 
  with 
  fuscous 
  bands 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  shining, 
  

   sparsely 
  squamose. 
  

  

  Length 
  3"'. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  South 
  Africa, 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Winthem. 
  Head 
  black, 
  

   strongly 
  punctured 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish 
  

   hairs, 
  clypeus 
  tri-dentate, 
  palpi 
  yellowish 
  red 
  ; 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  greyish-yellow 
  scales 
  thickly 
  mingled 
  with 
  

   villose 
  hairs, 
  the 
  median 
  sulcus 
  is 
  conspicuous, 
  but 
  not 
  near 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  thickly 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  also 
  scaly, 
  but 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   costae 
  are 
  small, 
  greyish 
  brown, 
  and 
  the 
  costae 
  are 
  bristling 
  with 
  hairs, 
  

   these 
  scales 
  are 
  disposed 
  in 
  three 
  narrow 
  rows 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  outer 
  

   one 
  ending 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  while 
  the 
  two 
  inner 
  ones 
  broaden 
  and 
  

   merge 
  into 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  black 
  or 
  

   brown, 
  shining 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  non-contiguous 
  scales 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  

   densely 
  scaly, 
  sides 
  of 
  abdomen 
  scaly 
  ; 
  pectus 
  hairy, 
  episterna 
  of 
  

   mesosternum 
  with 
  lighter 
  hairs, 
  epimera 
  of 
  metasternum 
  partly 
  

   scaly 
  and 
  hairy 
  ; 
  legs 
  brown 
  or 
  reddish, 
  sparsely 
  bristly, 
  posterior 
  

   ones 
  very 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  especially 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  the 
  tarsi 
  very 
  

   short, 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  spur; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple." 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  senex, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  123. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  elytra 
  testaceous 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  flavous, 
  clypeus 
  quadri-dentate. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Africa. 
  A 
  species 
  well 
  characterised 
  by 
  its 
  broad 
  and 
  

   short 
  corpulence, 
  it 
  is 
  plane 
  above, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  strongly 
  

   attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  being 
  thus 
  very 
  unlike 
  all 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  ones 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  body 
  quite 
  black, 
  thickly 
  scabroso-punctate 
  

   and 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  greyish-white 
  hairs, 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  buccal 
  organs 
  are 
  the 
  hairs 
  golden-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  quadri- 
  

   dentate, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  also 
  two 
  more, 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  

  

  