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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  laterally, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   distinctly 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  scabroso-punctate 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  

   somewhat 
  dense, 
  black 
  and 
  sub-flavescent 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  covered 
  

   with 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  the 
  lanciform 
  scales 
  are 
  

   set 
  very 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  other, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  sheen 
  and 
  form 
  a 
  sort 
  

   of 
  tomentum 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  very 
  briefly 
  pubescent 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs 
  are 
  double 
  and 
  both 
  cleft, 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  one 
  is 
  single 
  and 
  deeply 
  cleft 
  laterally, 
  the 
  hind 
  

   one 
  is 
  single 
  and 
  simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  robust, 
  simple, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   strong, 
  somewhat 
  compressed 
  inwardly 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  small 
  angular 
  

   tooth 
  underneath 
  near 
  the 
  knee, 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  is 
  emarginate 
  at 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  emargina- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  somewhat 
  sharp, 
  the 
  apices 
  are 
  distinctly 
  sharp 
  but 
  not 
  

   mucronate, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  apical 
  spur. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male 
  but 
  more 
  densely 
  hairy 
  and 
  without 
  scales 
  

   on 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  elytra, 
  and 
  pygidial 
  part; 
  the 
  two 
  striae 
  between 
  

   the 
  costules 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  deeper, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  instead 
  of 
  scales 
  

   have 
  a 
  very 
  short, 
  erect, 
  black 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  pubescence 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  often 
  greyish 
  white. 
  

  

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

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Ceres, 
  Stellenbosch, 
  Worcester). 
  

  

  Group 
  SCELOPHYSIDES. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  Genera. 
  

  

  A 
  2 
  . 
  Labrum 
  not 
  produced 
  vertically. 
  

  

  B 
  2 
  . 
  Claws 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  legs 
  double. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  deeply 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  

   very 
  sharp, 
  scutellum 
  very 
  long, 
  all 
  the 
  claws 
  double 
  and 
  

   cleft, 
  legs 
  slender 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  ; 
  clothed 
  with 
  scales 
  ; 
  sexual 
  

   differences 
  not 
  great 
  Kubousa. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  nearly 
  always 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  angles 
  sharp 
  or 
  rounded 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  short 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   claws 
  usually 
  double 
  and 
  cleft 
  ; 
  legs 
  slender 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  or 
  

   not 
  greatly 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  sexual 
  differences 
  not 
  great 
  : 
  

  

  Club 
  of 
  antennas 
  somewhat 
  short 
  Platychelus. 
  

  

  Club 
  of 
  antennae 
  long 
  Coega. 
  

  

  Claws 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  single, 
  simple 
  Idutywa. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  withf 
  our 
  broad 
  reflexed 
  teeth 
  disposed 
  semicircularly 
  ; 
  

   claws 
  double, 
  hind 
  legs 
  slender 
  or 
  developed 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  a 
  

   tooth 
  underneath 
  the 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  ; 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  scales 
  or 
  hairs 
  Mitrophorus. 
  

  

  B 
  1 
  . 
  Claws 
  of 
  hind 
  legs 
  single. 
  

  

  