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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  mm. 
  

   Hab. 
  Transvaal 
  (Potchefstroom). 
  

  

  Miteophoeus 
  moeio, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  2, 
  p. 
  478. 
  

  

  " 
  Black, 
  strongly 
  punctate, 
  briefly 
  setose, 
  elytra 
  fuscous. 
  

  

  Length 
  3 
  lin. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  From 
  Kaffirland. 
  

  

  Somewhat 
  smaller 
  than 
  M. 
  ateuchoides, 
  but 
  similarly 
  shaped, 
  

   black, 
  little 
  shining, 
  without 
  scales, 
  transversely 
  scabroso-punctate 
  

   all 
  over, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  black 
  flat 
  bristle 
  in 
  each 
  puncture, 
  those 
  along 
  

   the 
  margin 
  are 
  longer, 
  broader, 
  and 
  project 
  like 
  ciliae 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  of 
  clypeus 
  with 
  two 
  blunt 
  notches 
  and 
  rounded 
  angles 
  ; 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  with 
  three 
  strong, 
  blunt 
  teeth, 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  with 
  two 
  

   claws, 
  the 
  largest 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  tooth 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  cleft, 
  the 
  smaller 
  claw 
  very 
  closely 
  pressed 
  against 
  

   the 
  larger, 
  and 
  also 
  cleft, 
  hindermost 
  claws 
  similarly 
  formed, 
  except 
  

   that 
  the 
  larger 
  one 
  is 
  without 
  the 
  tooth." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  MONOCHELUS, 
  Serv., 
  

   Encyclop. 
  Method, 
  x., 
  1825, 
  p. 
  375. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  short, 
  or 
  moderately 
  short, 
  ampliated 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  

   median 
  part, 
  very 
  strongly 
  constricted 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  angles 
  

   of 
  which 
  are 
  rounded 
  but 
  project 
  greatly, 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  deeply 
  emar- 
  

   ginate, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  penicillate 
  laterally 
  ; 
  maxillary 
  lobe 
  short, 
  robust, 
  

   not 
  penicillate 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  deeply 
  concave 
  and 
  having 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  robust 
  hooked 
  inner 
  teeth, 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   sometimes 
  trifid 
  (M. 
  calcaratus), 
  or 
  even 
  quadrifid 
  (M. 
  aurantiacus, 
  

   glaberrimus 
  , 
  &c.) 
  ; 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  labial 
  and 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  somewhat 
  

   short, 
  fusiform 
  but 
  very 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  

   tip 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sub-parallel, 
  truncate 
  at 
  tip, 
  or 
  slightly 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  

   with 
  the 
  angles 
  rounded 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine-jointed, 
  club 
  similar 
  in 
  both 
  

   sexes 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  moderately 
  convex, 
  somewhat 
  obliquely 
  attenuated 
  

   laterally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  and 
  straight 
  in 
  the 
  posterior, 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  

   ampliate 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  sub-ogival 
  or 
  ogival, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  short 
  ; 
  elytra 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  distinctly 
  

   sinuate 
  past 
  the 
  humeral 
  part, 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  uncovered, 
  they 
  are 
  never 
  strongly 
  costate, 
  as 
  

   often 
  as 
  not 
  non-costulate, 
  and 
  the 
  humeral 
  callus 
  is 
  always 
  distinct 
  

   and 
  has 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  shallow 
  depression 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  propy- 
  

  

  