﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Goleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
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  hind 
  femora 
  very 
  strong, 
  broadly 
  dilated 
  triangularly 
  till 
  past 
  the 
  

   median 
  part, 
  triangularly 
  dentate 
  underneath, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  tro- 
  

   chanters 
  completely 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  thigh, 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   duced 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part 
  into 
  a 
  sharp 
  spine 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  ot 
  

   the 
  post-median 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  very 
  curved, 
  somewhat 
  

   slender, 
  covered 
  with 
  appressed 
  white 
  hairs, 
  a 
  little 
  concave 
  inwardly 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  mucronate, 
  the 
  mucro 
  is 
  

   short, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  distinct 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  hind 
  claws 
  single, 
  simple 
  ; 
  

   the 
  fore 
  tibiae 
  have 
  the 
  basal 
  tooth 
  quite 
  obliterated 
  in 
  both 
  

   sexes. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  are 
  more 
  

   hair-like, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  deeper 
  yellow, 
  and 
  form 
  

   two 
  distinct 
  dorsal 
  bands, 
  the 
  juxta-sutural 
  one 
  is 
  interrupted 
  below 
  

   the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  appressed 
  squamose 
  

   hairs. 
  

  

  Length 
  5-7-J- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  Monochelus 
  litigiosus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  M. 
  Icetus, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  by 
  

   the 
  uninterrupted 
  squamose 
  covering 
  and 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  

   femora 
  ; 
  instead 
  of 
  having 
  a 
  denuded 
  lateral 
  patch 
  and 
  a 
  band 
  along- 
  

   side 
  the 
  median 
  groove 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   body 
  is 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  greyish 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  brownish 
  red 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  also 
  covered 
  with 
  dense, 
  although 
  not 
  contiguous, 
  scales 
  

   which 
  are 
  not 
  forming 
  longitudinal 
  bands, 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  have 
  

   only 
  the 
  trochanterine 
  spine 
  beneath, 
  this 
  latter 
  forms 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  

   the 
  triangle 
  ; 
  the 
  horizontal 
  tooth 
  under 
  the 
  median 
  claw 
  is 
  stronger 
  

   than 
  in 
  M. 
  Ice 
  tics. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  differentiated 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  

   of 
  M. 
  Icetus 
  by 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  of 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   elytra. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-7-§- 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban, 
  Estcourt). 
  

  

  Monochelus 
  l^tulus, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Black, 
  with 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  surface, 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  and 
  pectus 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  contiguous 
  ochre 
  -yellow 
  

   scales 
  ; 
  legs 
  red 
  ; 
  head, 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  elytra 
  similar 
  in 
  shape 
  to 
  

   those 
  of 
  M. 
  Icetus, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  denuded 
  space 
  or 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  round, 
  and 
  they 
  

  

  