﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Goleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  785 
  

  

  scales; 
  scutellum 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  elytra 
  also 
  densely 
  scaly, 
  the 
  scales 
  

   elongated, 
  sub-lanuginose 
  and 
  not 
  unlike 
  appressed 
  squamose 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

   these 
  scales 
  are 
  greyish 
  or 
  sub-flavescent, 
  those 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  is 
  densely 
  clothed 
  are 
  almost 
  similar 
  in 
  shape, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  they 
  are 
  normally 
  rounded 
  and 
  more 
  flavescent 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   claws 
  double 
  and 
  both 
  cleft. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  is 
  scaly. 
  

  

  Length 
  3J-4-J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-2-J- 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Port 
  Elizabeth, 
  ITitenhage). 
  

  

  Omockates 
  misellus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  pale 
  flavous, 
  legs 
  rufescent 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  quadri-dentate, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  four 
  teeth 
  equal 
  but 
  not 
  strongly 
  

   developed 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  surface 
  with 
  long, 
  greyish 
  

   white 
  villose 
  hairs, 
  it 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  a 
  deep, 
  median 
  sulcus 
  reaching 
  

   from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  squamose 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   covered 
  with 
  short, 
  flavescent 
  sub-squamose, 
  not 
  densely 
  set 
  hairs, 
  

   but 
  having 
  also 
  along 
  the 
  suture, 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  

   margin 
  a 
  distinct 
  but 
  not 
  conspicuous 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  ovate 
  scales 
  

   not 
  set 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  where 
  they 
  

   are 
  denser 
  and 
  deeper 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  propygidium 
  and 
  pygidium 
  are 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  contiguous 
  golden 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  also 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  similar 
  scales 
  which, 
  however, 
  turn 
  to 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  segments 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  probably 
  more 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   the 
  bands 
  more 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Length 
  5J 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  

  

  A 
  distinctive 
  character 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  the 
  deep 
  median 
  groove 
  

   extending 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  apex 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  species 
  

   in 
  which 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  groove 
  is 
  0. 
  canaliculatus 
  , 
  but 
  the 
  clypeus 
  

   is 
  not 
  dentate 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  bi-dentate 
  out- 
  

   wardly. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  GONIASPIDIUS, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  126. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  elongate, 
  oblong, 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  tip 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   densely 
  fasciculate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  upper 
  lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  short, 
  

   broad, 
  transversely 
  concave, 
  and 
  armed 
  with 
  four 
  robust, 
  elongate 
  

   teeth, 
  arranged 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  apical 
  part, 
  the 
  inner 
  tooth 
  is 
  

   strongly 
  bifid, 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  palpi 
  very 
  swollen, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   maxillary 
  one, 
  fusiform 
  and 
  acuminate 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sharply 
  tri-dentate 
  

  

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