﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  781 
  

  

  hind 
  claws 
  unequal, 
  inner 
  one 
  simple 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  and 
  pygidium 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  greyish 
  hairs. 
  

  

  Length 
  5J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  Blanchard's 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  

   more 
  elongated 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Omocrates. 
  

  

  Omocrates 
  axillaris, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  125. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  pale 
  testaceous 
  and 
  edged 
  with 
  a 
  

   fuscous 
  marginal 
  band 
  broadening 
  towards 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  ; 
  head 
  

   and 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  dense, 
  erect, 
  sub-flavescent 
  pubescence, 
  

   the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  armed 
  at 
  apex 
  with 
  three 
  long, 
  triangular 
  teeth, 
  and 
  

   the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  an 
  elongated 
  impression 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  discoidal 
  

   part 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  slightly 
  carinate 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  and 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  covered 
  with 
  deep, 
  irregular 
  

   punctures, 
  very 
  briefly 
  pubescent, 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  dense, 
  thick, 
  flavescent 
  or 
  yellow 
  scales, 
  abdomen 
  without 
  

   scales, 
  pectus 
  villose, 
  the 
  hairs 
  greyish 
  white 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  robust, 
  

   simple 
  but 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  underneath 
  for 
  half 
  the 
  length, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   broadly 
  dilated, 
  spatuliform, 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  is 
  strongly 
  sinuate 
  and 
  

   curves 
  inwardly 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  are 
  

   covered 
  with 
  squamose 
  appressed 
  flavescent 
  hairs 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   has 
  two 
  distinct 
  patches 
  of 
  browner 
  hairs 
  in 
  the 
  centre. 
  

  

  Length 
  6f-7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-3J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Malmesbury, 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  In 
  shape 
  and 
  colouration 
  it 
  is 
  like 
  0. 
  mendax, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs. 
  

  

  Omocrates 
  modestus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Entirely 
  similar 
  to 
  0. 
  axillaris 
  in 
  colour, 
  vestiture, 
  and 
  

   build, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  smaller 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  also 
  sharply 
  tri- 
  

   dentate, 
  but 
  the 
  median 
  tooth 
  is 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  lateral 
  ones, 
  the 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  are 
  robust, 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  dilated, 
  compressed, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  margin 
  is 
  straight, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  slightly 
  ampliate 
  at 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  are 
  so 
  closely 
  set 
  that 
  

   they 
  form 
  a 
  thick 
  coating, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  yellow 
  as 
  in 
  0. 
  axillaris 
  ; 
  

   the 
  hind 
  claw 
  is 
  single 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Kowie). 
  

  

  