﻿822 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Drege. 
  This 
  species 
  greatly 
  resembles 
  P. 
  litigosus, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  its 
  elongate 
  shape, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  one-third 
  smaller, 
  more 
  

   depressed, 
  and 
  has 
  everywhere 
  longer 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  more 
  

   rounded, 
  broader, 
  not 
  sharp 
  laterally, 
  and 
  closely 
  punctulate 
  like 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  sharp 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  there 
  

   is 
  a 
  weak 
  longitudinal 
  furrow, 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  everywhere 
  closely 
  

   punctulate 
  and 
  are 
  equally 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  yellowish 
  grey 
  hairs, 
  

   the 
  abdomen, 
  pectus, 
  and 
  legs 
  have 
  similar 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  

   have 
  three 
  equi-distant 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  the 
  elytra, 
  tarsi, 
  

   hind 
  legs, 
  antennae, 
  and 
  palpi 
  are 
  red, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  they 
  are 
  

   brown." 
  

  

  " 
  Posterior 
  legs 
  short, 
  thick, 
  densely 
  hairy. 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  pueeilis, 
  Burm., 
  

   Ibid., 
  p. 
  151. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  aeneous, 
  shining, 
  clothed 
  with 
  grey 
  hairs, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  

   sub-dentate. 
  

  

  Length 
  1\ 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  From 
  Mr. 
  Drege. 
  Eesembles 
  P. 
  musculus 
  in 
  a 
  striking 
  manner, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  slender 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  rounded, 
  moderately 
  broad, 
  

   head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  scabroso-punctate, 
  the 
  latter, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   purple, 
  is 
  quite 
  impunctate 
  behind, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  coating 
  of 
  long 
  greyish 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  strongly 
  punctate, 
  deeply 
  impressed 
  alongside 
  the 
  

   humeral 
  callus 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  compressed 
  white 
  hairs, 
  similar 
  but 
  

   longer 
  hairs 
  clothe 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  abdomen 
  and 
  pectus 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  

   are 
  also 
  similarly 
  hairy, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  black 
  and 
  denser 
  in 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  the 
  nearly 
  obliterated 
  outer 
  teeth 
  

   are 
  as 
  remarkable 
  as 
  the 
  broad 
  triangular 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  ; 
  these 
  

   two 
  characters 
  best 
  differentiate 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  P. 
  mtisculus." 
  

  

  Platychelus 
  intermedius, 
  Blanch., 
  

   Catal. 
  Coll. 
  Entomol., 
  1850, 
  p. 
  63. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  with 
  ashy 
  hairs, 
  clypeus 
  quadri-dentate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   black, 
  shining, 
  punctate, 
  sulcate 
  behind 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  with 
  

   light 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  ashy 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  broad, 
  short, 
  

   entirely 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  immaculate 
  ; 
  legs 
  and 
  abdomen 
  red 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  hidden 
  by 
  fulvous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate, 
  claws 
  

   of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  nearly 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  bifid. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (exact 
  locality 
  not 
  known)." 
  

   I 
  have 
  seen 
  only 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  female, 
  and 
  

   is 
  almost 
  similar 
  to 
  P. 
  discolor. 
  

  

  