﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Colcoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  831 
  

  

  side 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  a 
  little 
  

   concave 
  inwardly 
  at 
  apex, 
  and 
  mucronate 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  of 
  it, 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  simplicipes. 
  

  

  Piceous 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  red 
  ; 
  elytra 
  bi-striate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  and 
  

   having 
  three 
  bands 
  of 
  greyish 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  compressed 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side, 
  broadly 
  

   scooped 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  part, 
  and 
  incised 
  inwardly 
  

   at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex, 
  an 
  apical 
  

   spur 
  jucundus. 
  

  

  A 
  2 
  . 
  Claws 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  underneath. 
  

  

  B 
  2 
  . 
  Trochanters 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  strongly 
  spinose. 
  

  

  Black, 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  moderately 
  dense 
  white 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  which 
  are 
  red 
  and 
  not 
  costulate, 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  

   trochanters 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  thigh 
  nearly 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  concave, 
  simple, 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  strongly 
  and 
  

   sharply 
  mucronate 
  calcaratua. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  chalybeate 
  blue 
  and 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   numerous 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  trochanters 
  small 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  simple, 
  inwardly 
  concave 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  moderately 
  mucronate 
  elegantulus. 
  

  

  A 
  1 
  . 
  Claws 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  tooth 
  underneath. 
  

  

  B 
  2 
  . 
  Trochanters 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  strongly 
  spinose. 
  

  

  C 
  2 
  . 
  Elytra 
  bi-costate 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  femora 
  red 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  with 
  three 
  dorsal 
  

   bands 
  and 
  a 
  marginal 
  one 
  of 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   with 
  three 
  bands 
  of 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  

   spine 
  of 
  trochanters 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  scooped 
  in- 
  

   wardly 
  at 
  apex 
  and 
  equally 
  mucronate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   it, 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  princep?. 
  

  

  Bed 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  band 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  mar- 
  

   ginal 
  one 
  of 
  yellowish 
  scales 
  ; 
  elytra 
  with 
  two 
  interrupted 
  

   bands 
  of 
  scales 
  ; 
  trochanters 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  sharp, 
  femora 
  

   simple; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  scooped 
  underneath, 
  dentate 
  inwardly 
  

   past 
  the 
  middle, 
  moderately 
  mucronate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   the 
  apex, 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  , 
  . 
  . 
  ornatus. 
  

  

  Black, 
  clothed 
  with 
  grey 
  squamulose 
  hairs 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  

   little 
  denser 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  not 
  

   scaly 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  ornatus, 
  but 
  the 
  spine 
  of 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  very 
  short 
  inops. 
  

  

  C 
  1 
  . 
  Elytra 
  non-costate. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  legs 
  red, 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  contiguous 
  

   orange-yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  spine 
  of 
  tro- 
  

   chanters 
  robust, 
  but 
  not 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  of 
  

  

  