﻿774 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  sternum 
  with 
  scales 
  adjoining 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   greyish 
  white 
  ; 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  are 
  either 
  white 
  or 
  golden-yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  alternate 
  

   brown 
  costae, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  clavate, 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   remote 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  intervals, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  there 
  are 
  usually 
  three 
  

   bands 
  of 
  lighter 
  scales, 
  the 
  sutural 
  one 
  is 
  connected 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  with 
  

   the 
  supra-marginal 
  one, 
  which 
  becomes 
  somewhat 
  indistinct 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  part, 
  and 
  divided 
  longitudinally, 
  the 
  discoidal 
  band 
  is 
  narrow 
  

   and 
  short 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  almost 
  glabrous, 
  the 
  hind 
  ones 
  are 
  gradually 
  

   thickened, 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  simple, 
  the 
  latter 
  with 
  a 
  spur, 
  

   tarsi 
  as 
  long 
  or 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  hind, 
  claw 
  single, 
  simple." 
  

  

  Heteeochelus 
  (Dichelus) 
  subspilosus, 
  Nonfr., 
  

   Deutsch. 
  Entomol. 
  Zeitschr., 
  1891, 
  p. 
  257. 
  

  

  " 
  Oblong, 
  robust, 
  brown, 
  shining, 
  densely 
  fulvo-pilose 
  on 
  the 
  

   upper 
  side, 
  under 
  side 
  opaque, 
  fuscous 
  brown 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sub-quadrate, 
  

   quadri-dentate, 
  rugulose 
  and 
  shining, 
  blackish 
  brown, 
  frontal 
  part 
  

   hairy, 
  the 
  hairs 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  antennae 
  reddish 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  somewhat 
  

   rounded, 
  convex, 
  black, 
  shining, 
  closely 
  and 
  roughly 
  punctate, 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  flavous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  cordate, 
  covered 
  with 
  flavous 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  shining, 
  brown, 
  sub-costate, 
  densely 
  punctate, 
  briefly 
  

   setose, 
  the 
  setae 
  flavous 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  and 
  abdomen 
  completely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  whitish 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope." 
  

  

  The 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  claws 
  is 
  not 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  description, 
  

   but 
  one 
  may 
  presume 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  unequal, 
  in 
  which 
  case 
  the 
  

   species, 
  if 
  a 
  valid 
  one, 
  is 
  a 
  Heterochelus. 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  (Ischnochelus) 
  parvulus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  131. 
  

  

  " 
  Clypeus 
  sub-tridentate, 
  black, 
  antennae 
  legs 
  and 
  elytra 
  rufous, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  flavous 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  If 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Drege. 
  Clypeus 
  with 
  three 
  blunt 
  teeth 
  ; 
  clypeus, 
  

   head, 
  and 
  prothorax 
  roughly 
  punctulate, 
  glabrous, 
  but 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  

   is 
  ciliate 
  laterally, 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  is 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scutellum, 
  the 
  testaceous 
  elytra, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   small, 
  golden-yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  spherical, 
  regularly 
  ciliate, 
  

   sparsely 
  scaly 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  pectus 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  antennae, 
  palpi, 
  and 
  legs 
  

   reddish 
  brown, 
  the 
  hind 
  ones 
  a 
  little 
  thickened 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  simple 
  

  

  