﻿792 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  the 
  basal 
  part 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  angles 
  rounded, 
  and 
  emargi- 
  

   nate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  greyish 
  

   not 
  very 
  short 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  having 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  a 
  somewhat 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  yellow 
  scales 
  which 
  fill 
  also 
  the 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  

   for 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  covered 
  with 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  

   a 
  little 
  lighter 
  in 
  hue 
  than 
  those 
  covering 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  golden-yellow 
  ; 
  legs 
  piceous 
  red, 
  setulose 
  ; 
  

   claws 
  of 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  simple 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Clothed 
  like 
  the 
  male, 
  except 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  basal 
  band 
  

   of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  not 
  emarginate 
  at 
  apex, 
  

   and 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  rounded 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

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

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Eiversdale, 
  Uitenhage, 
  Port 
  Elizabeth). 
  

  

  DlCRANOCNEMUS 
  SQUAMULATUS, 
  Blirm., 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  136. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  light 
  testaceous 
  and 
  having 
  some 
  

   scattered, 
  although 
  nearly 
  equi-distant, 
  flavescent, 
  minute, 
  elongate 
  

   scales 
  a 
  little 
  denser 
  occasionally 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  distinct 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  dense, 
  somewhat 
  long, 
  greyish, 
  slightly 
  

   flavescent 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  narrow 
  basal 
  line 
  of 
  yellow 
  

   scales, 
  which 
  fill 
  also 
  partly 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  groove 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  covered 
  with 
  thick 
  squamose 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  costulate, 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  more 
  like 
  very 
  short 
  hairs 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  

   part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  clothed 
  with 
  very 
  dense 
  golden-yellow 
  round 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  legs 
  piceous 
  red 
  or 
  reddish 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  with 
  

   a 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Eesembles 
  the 
  male 
  very 
  much, 
  except 
  for 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  

   the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  the 
  tooth 
  under 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   claw. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  D. 
  squamosus, 
  the 
  male 
  

   of 
  which 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  tooth 
  under 
  the 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs, 
  by 
  

   the 
  hair-like 
  scales 
  scattered 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  tendency 
  

   for 
  these 
  scales 
  to 
  be 
  grouped 
  into 
  a 
  sutural 
  patch. 
  

  

  Length 
  4-5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-3 
  mm. 
  

  

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

  

  Dicranocnemus 
  squamosus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  136. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  testaceous 
  red 
  ; 
  anterior 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  distinctly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  dense, 
  

  

  