﻿832 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  the 
  thigh 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  deeply 
  scooped 
  inwardly 
  from 
  

   base 
  to 
  apex, 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  is 
  very 
  sharply 
  angular 
  near 
  

   the 
  knee, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  emits 
  a 
  curved 
  tooth 
  slightly 
  

   above 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  mucronate 
  on 
  either 
  side, 
  an 
  

   apical 
  spur 
  Icetulus. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  sub-denuded 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  

   median 
  furrow 
  ; 
  elytra 
  densely 
  scaly, 
  the 
  scales 
  forming- 
  

   three 
  bands 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  triangular, 
  trochanters 
  spinose 
  

   at 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  but 
  having 
  a 
  tooth 
  

   above 
  it 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  curved, 
  mucronate 
  inwardly 
  at 
  

   apex, 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  Icetus. 
  

  

  Prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  covered 
  with 
  closely 
  set 
  whitish 
  

   scales, 
  forming 
  no 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  forming 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  triangular 
  hind 
  

   femora, 
  which 
  are 
  simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibias 
  very 
  curved, 
  

   mucronate 
  inwardly 
  at 
  apex, 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  litigiosus. 
  

  

  B 
  1 
  . 
  Trochanters 
  of 
  hind 
  femora 
  non-spinose. 
  

  

  C 
  2 
  . 
  Elytra 
  non-eostate. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  sienna-brown 
  and 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   white 
  scales, 
  prothorax 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  supra-marginal 
  

   and 
  a 
  marginal 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  

   simple 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  carinate 
  underneath, 
  the 
  carina 
  

   angular 
  near 
  the 
  knee 
  and 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  mucro 
  at 
  

   apex, 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  pulvinatus. 
  

  

  C 
  1 
  . 
  Elytra 
  bi-costate 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  elytra 
  covered 
  with 
  elon- 
  

   gate, 
  ashy 
  scales 
  not 
  closely 
  set, 
  hind 
  legs 
  moderately 
  

   robust, 
  simple 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  hind 
  

   claws 
  simple 
  funebris. 
  

  

  Black, 
  completely 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish 
  - 
  white 
  and 
  

   brownish 
  scales, 
  the 
  latter 
  forming 
  four 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  and 
  two 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  very 
  slender 
  

   and 
  long, 
  claw 
  of 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  cleft 
  gracilis. 
  

  

  MONOCHELUS 
  GLABERRIMUS, 
  Burm., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIL, 
  fig. 
  53. 
  

  

  Handb. 
  d. 
  Entom., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  155. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  very 
  shining, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   lateral 
  band 
  of 
  white 
  scales, 
  and 
  a 
  basal 
  one 
  partly 
  obliterated 
  except 
  

   in 
  the 
  middle, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  median 
  longitudinal 
  groove 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  white 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  clothed 
  with 
  elongated 
  white 
  scales, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   central 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  suture, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  

   similar 
  scales 
  and 
  a 
  rudimentary 
  longitudinal 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   beginning 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  but 
  scarcely 
  reaching 
  to 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium 
  and 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  fringed 
  with 
  

  

  