﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptcra 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  775 
  

  

  and 
  having 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  the 
  smaller 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   legs 
  very 
  weak 
  ; 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  recognised 
  on 
  that 
  account." 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  (Ischnochelus) 
  paupeeatus, 
  Burm., 
  

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

  

  " 
  Black, 
  covered 
  with 
  ashy-grey 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  rufescent, 
  

   clypeus 
  tri-dentate. 
  

  

  Length 
  1-J- 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Hab. 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Drege's 
  collection. 
  Shape 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  

   (I. 
  bi-partitus), 
  but 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  tri-dentate; 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  head, 
  

   and 
  prothorax 
  are 
  sparingly 
  clothed 
  with 
  long, 
  greyish-yellow 
  hairs, 
  

   and 
  the 
  elytra, 
  which 
  are 
  light 
  testaceous, 
  have 
  similar 
  but 
  

   appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  also 
  wanting 
  on 
  the 
  pectus, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  (pygidial) 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  are 
  

   replaced 
  by 
  hairs 
  which 
  become 
  somewhat 
  squamose 
  round 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  and 
  the 
  

   palpi 
  are 
  reddish 
  brown." 
  

  

  Heterochelus 
  (Ischnochelus) 
  trunculus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  2, 
  p. 
  478. 
  

  

  " 
  Completely 
  black, 
  shining, 
  clothed 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   with 
  greyish 
  bands, 
  abdomen 
  very 
  densely 
  villose. 
  

  

  Length 
  1| 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Caffraria. 
  This 
  species 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  group 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   angles 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  very 
  sharp, 
  but 
  it 
  possesses 
  two 
  claws 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  feet, 
  which 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  others. 
  The 
  species 
  

   is 
  shining 
  black 
  with 
  grey 
  hairs 
  and 
  is 
  depressed, 
  only 
  the 
  apices 
  of 
  

   the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  brownish 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  sharply 
  angular, 
  but 
  not 
  

   toothed 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  is 
  evenly 
  scabroso-punctate 
  with 
  an 
  

   erect 
  hair 
  in 
  each 
  puncture, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  brown, 
  but 
  those 
  

   at 
  the 
  hind 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  alongside 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  and 
  a 
  second 
  row 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  latter, 
  both 
  forming 
  stripes, 
  are 
  

   coloured 
  grey 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  grey 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  raised 
  in 
  a 
  tuft; 
  legs 
  with 
  longer 
  grey 
  hairs, 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  three 
  sharp, 
  approximate 
  teeth 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   apical 
  one 
  is 
  more 
  divergent 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  with 
  two 
  unequal, 
  cleft 
  

   claws." 
  

  

  Had 
  this 
  species 
  red 
  legs 
  it 
  would 
  agree 
  with 
  Blanchard's 
  H. 
  vittiger, 
  

   but 
  the 
  tooth 
  on 
  the 
  femur 
  is 
  also 
  absent. 
  

  

  