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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  angles 
  broadly 
  rounded, 
  head 
  covered 
  with 
  large, 
  non- 
  

   contiguous 
  granules 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  clothed 
  with 
  a 
  somewhat 
  dense, 
  

   sub-erect 
  pubescence, 
  it 
  has 
  small 
  granules 
  not 
  closely 
  set 
  along 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  margin 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sides, 
  but 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  of 
  the 
  surface 
  is 
  extremely 
  finely 
  aciculate, 
  and 
  in 
  

   the 
  median 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  only 
  are 
  there 
  a 
  few 
  broad, 
  scattered 
  

   punctures, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  deeper 
  and 
  

   plainer 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  slightly 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   elongate, 
  emarginate 
  laterally, 
  but 
  only 
  slightly 
  attenuate 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  having 
  some 
  deep, 
  somewhat 
  

   irregularly 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  bearing 
  each 
  an 
  appressed, 
  long, 
  

   bristle-like 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  abdomen 
  not 
  very 
  densely 
  

   pubescent 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  tooth 
  very 
  

   minute, 
  all 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  double 
  and 
  cleft, 
  and 
  less 
  compressed 
  

   against 
  each 
  other 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  robust, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  thigh, 
  plainly 
  dilated 
  

   triangularly 
  towards 
  the 
  tip, 
  but 
  not 
  mucronate 
  there. 
  

  

  Length 
  6J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Unlike 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  

   almost 
  bristle-like, 
  although 
  appressed 
  ; 
  the 
  granules 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  

   are 
  also 
  fewer 
  and 
  larger. 
  

  

  Rob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  glabbipennis, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  153. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Shape 
  and 
  size 
  of 
  P. 
  hoplioides 
  which 
  it 
  closely 
  resembles 
  ; 
  

   black, 
  with 
  a 
  slight 
  metallic 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  also 
  scabrose, 
  but 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  which 
  is 
  

   straight 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  reflexed 
  and 
  the 
  outer 
  angles 
  sharp 
  ; 
  the 
  

   prothorax, 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  abdomen, 
  pectus, 
  and 
  legs 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  

   a 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  dense 
  yellow 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  brick- 
  

   red, 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  not 
  distinctly 
  costulate, 
  but 
  having 
  instead 
  

   of 
  scabrose, 
  closely 
  set 
  punctures, 
  irregularly 
  scattered 
  round 
  ones, 
  

   more 
  distinct 
  and 
  somewhat 
  seriate 
  in 
  the 
  dorsal 
  intervals, 
  and 
  along 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  bi-dentate 
  outwardly 
  ; 
  posterior 
  

   legs 
  of 
  male, 
  robust, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  plainly 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   spinose 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  spur 
  small 
  but 
  

   distinct. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4f 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (exact 
  locality 
  not 
  recorded). 
  

  

  