﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  CoUoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  791 
  

  

  thus 
  three 
  denuded 
  places 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   clothed 
  with 
  dense, 
  golden-yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  legs 
  rufescent, 
  villose 
  ; 
  

   claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  hair-like 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   more 
  scattered 
  or 
  less 
  plainly 
  banded, 
  the 
  sutural 
  whitish 
  patch 
  

   indistinct. 
  

  

  Length 
  4 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Caledon, 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  DlCEANOCNEMUS 
  MENDICUS, 
  n 
  Spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  reddish 
  brown 
  ; 
  apical 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  slightly 
  sharp 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  sub-appressed 
  

   squamose 
  pubescence 
  turning 
  to 
  flavescent 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  half, 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   densely 
  scaly, 
  the 
  scales 
  somewhat 
  pallid 
  ; 
  elytra 
  entirely 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  flavescent 
  ovate 
  scales, 
  bi-costulate 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  each 
  interval, 
  

   on 
  each 
  side, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  distinct 
  band 
  of 
  paler 
  scales, 
  the 
  scales 
  

   of 
  the 
  sutural 
  patch 
  are 
  also 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour 
  ; 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  similar 
  in 
  colour 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  back- 
  

   ground 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  legs 
  briefly 
  setulose 
  ; 
  claw 
  of 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  

   simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Clypeus 
  less 
  angular 
  laterally 
  at 
  tip 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  short, 
  non-squamose 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  with- 
  

   out 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  less 
  distinctly 
  costulate, 
  and 
  covered 
  like 
  the 
  

   scutellum 
  with 
  greyish, 
  sub-squamose 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scales 
  on 
  

   the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  nearly 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  

   but 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  closely 
  set 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  preceding 
  one 
  by 
  the 
  

   scaly 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  of 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  being 
  also 
  scaly, 
  but 
  having 
  the 
  customary 
  bands 
  and 
  

   patches 
  of 
  paler 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  4-^-4^- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2f-3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Uitenhage, 
  Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  DlCEANOCNEMUS 
  PULVEEULENTUS, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  137. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Short 
  and 
  robust 
  facies 
  of 
  D. 
  mendicus 
  ; 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  

   easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  four 
  preceding 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   covered 
  almost 
  uniformly 
  with 
  round, 
  golden 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  

   disposed 
  in 
  bands, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  faint 
  trace 
  of 
  a 
  sutural 
  whiter 
  

   patch 
  under 
  the 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  in 
  some 
  examples, 
  however, 
  the 
  two 
  

   costules 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  are 
  somewhat 
  distinct, 
  and 
  partly 
  denuded 
  at 
  

  

  