﻿842 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  there 
  are 
  three 
  bands 
  of 
  scales 
  divided 
  by 
  two 
  slight 
  costae 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pygidium, 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  and 
  pectus 
  are 
  densely 
  scaly, 
  the 
  

   pygidium 
  has 
  only 
  some 
  remote, 
  hair-like 
  appressed 
  scales 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  

   femora 
  are 
  red, 
  the 
  hind 
  ones 
  are 
  very 
  robust, 
  grooved 
  beneath, 
  but 
  

   simple, 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  spine 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  piceous 
  black 
  like 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  ones, 
  only 
  

   slightly 
  convex 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  face, 
  concave 
  in 
  the 
  inner, 
  slightly 
  

   dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  tip 
  where 
  the 
  two 
  apices 
  are 
  mucronate, 
  in- 
  

   wardly 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  with 
  a 
  

   very 
  distinct 
  sub-vertical 
  tooth 
  beneath 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  legs 
  

   single, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  male 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  yellow 
  scales 
  also 
  

   similarly 
  arranged, 
  but 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  densely 
  scaly 
  ; 
  

   the 
  femora 
  are 
  also 
  red. 
  

  

  Length 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  \ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Zululand 
  (Eshowe) 
  ; 
  Natal 
  (Howick). 
  

  

  Monochelus 
  oenatus, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  161. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  elytra 
  and 
  legs 
  red 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   thorax 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  median 
  band 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  

   are 
  broadly 
  covered 
  with 
  similar 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  hairy, 
  and 
  

   on 
  each 
  elytron 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  not 
  very 
  closely 
  set 
  whitish 
  naves- 
  

   cent 
  scales 
  running 
  alongside 
  the 
  suture 
  from 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  

   to 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  a 
  dorsal 
  one 
  beginning 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  obliterated 
  

   at 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  ; 
  propygidium, 
  pygidium, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  

   covered 
  with 
  contiguous 
  yellow 
  scales 
  ; 
  head 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  

   species, 
  i.e., 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  with 
  the 
  

   outer 
  angles 
  somewhat 
  rounded 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  slightly 
  

   reflexed 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  deeply 
  grooved 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  fringed 
  

   with 
  long, 
  bristly 
  yellow 
  hairs 
  along 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ; 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  have 
  two 
  slight 
  longitudinal 
  impressions 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  

   blunt, 
  not 
  very 
  distinct 
  costa, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  somewhat 
  deeply 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  very 
  robust 
  and 
  

   simple, 
  but 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  long, 
  sharp 
  spine, 
  

   the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  very 
  broadly 
  scooped 
  inwardly 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  edge 
  

   is 
  produced 
  at 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  into 
  a 
  long, 
  sub-trans- 
  

   verse, 
  mucro-like 
  tooth, 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  is 
  simple 
  but 
  sharp, 
  the 
  apices 
  

   are 
  sharp 
  but 
  not 
  mucronate, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   claws 
  single, 
  simple 
  ; 
  basal 
  outer 
  tooth 
  of 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  nearly 
  

   obliterated. 
  

  

  Female 
  unknown. 
  

  

  