﻿782 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  Omocbates 
  lobipes, 
  Burm., 
  

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

  

  " 
  Black, 
  shining, 
  hairy, 
  the 
  hairs 
  underneath 
  are 
  white, 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   pale 
  and 
  edged 
  with 
  black, 
  pygidium 
  with 
  flavous 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  2'". 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  shaped 
  like 
  0. 
  axillaris 
  and 
  resembles 
  it 
  

   completely, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs, 
  

   which 
  are 
  also 
  strongly 
  compressed 
  laterally, 
  but 
  are 
  produced 
  into 
  

   an 
  upright, 
  broad 
  lobe 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  there 
  

   is 
  an 
  apical 
  spur, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  claw 
  is 
  single 
  but 
  cleft. 
  The 
  colour 
  

   and 
  sculpture 
  are 
  the 
  same, 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  longer 
  and 
  much 
  denser." 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  description 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen, 
  is 
  very 
  

   closely 
  allied 
  to 
  0. 
  modesties, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae, 
  although 
  

   dilated, 
  are 
  not 
  lobate 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  

  

  Omocbates 
  pauxillus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Brick-red, 
  with 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax 
  

   slightly 
  infuscate 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  briefly 
  quadri-dentate, 
  the 
  teeth 
  are 
  

   equal 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  very 
  slightly 
  pubescent, 
  and 
  not 
  closely 
  

   punctulate 
  behind 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  slightly 
  carinate 
  longitudinally 
  

   and 
  scarcely 
  pubescent; 
  the 
  elytra 
  have 
  an 
  appressed, 
  greyish 
  

   pubescence, 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  

   are 
  covered 
  with 
  round 
  contiguous 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  and 
  

   pectus 
  have 
  somewhat 
  dense, 
  long, 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  claw 
  

   is 
  single 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  easily 
  

   distinguished, 
  however, 
  by 
  the 
  quadri-dentate 
  clypeus. 
  

  

  Length 
  4^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  Omocbates 
  depbessus, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entom. 
  Mus. 
  Par., 
  p. 
  67. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  red 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  

   dentate, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  erect 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  

   the 
  prothorax 
  also, 
  but 
  this 
  short 
  pubescence 
  is 
  intermingled 
  with 
  

   golden-yellow 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  densely 
  

   scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  densely 
  clothed 
  with 
  somewhat 
  round, 
  golden-yellow 
  

   scales 
  which 
  are 
  not, 
  however, 
  contiguous, 
  and 
  are 
  somewhat 
  more 
  

   elongated 
  and 
  hair-like 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  ; 
  the 
  

   propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  golden 
  

  

  