﻿856 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  hairs, 
  and 
  having 
  the 
  usual 
  fringe 
  of 
  black 
  bristles 
  ; 
  elytra 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  bi-costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  extremely 
  briefly 
  

   pubescent, 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  distinctly 
  sinuate 
  

   below 
  the 
  humeral 
  part; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  sharply 
  tri-dentate; 
  anterior 
  

   claws 
  double, 
  intermediate 
  single, 
  cleft 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  simple, 
  not 
  

   robust, 
  without 
  trochanterine 
  spine 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  moderately 
  slender, 
  a 
  

   little 
  dilated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  not 
  mucronate 
  there 
  and 
  without 
  an 
  

   apical 
  spur. 
  

  

  Female: 
  Like 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  having 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  

   tibiae, 
  the 
  scales 
  are 
  also 
  whitish, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  

   elongate, 
  sharply 
  triangular 
  patch 
  of 
  flavescent 
  scales. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3J-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Mossel 
  Bay, 
  Worcester, 
  Willowmore). 
  

  

  Gymnoloma 
  parvula, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  160. 
  

  

  Black, 
  and 
  covered 
  with 
  elongate 
  white 
  scales, 
  looking 
  more 
  like 
  

   squamose 
  hairs 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  a 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  denuded 
  median 
  space 
  divided 
  by 
  a 
  thin 
  line 
  of 
  scales 
  set 
  in 
  

   the 
  shallow 
  median 
  groove 
  ; 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  moderately 
  

   dense 
  and 
  more 
  closely 
  set 
  along 
  the 
  sutural 
  part 
  ; 
  head 
  densely 
  

   scaly, 
  lateral 
  and 
  apical 
  margins 
  strongly 
  reflexed 
  and 
  anterior 
  part 
  

   .of 
  clypeus 
  sub-excavate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  ampliate 
  laterally 
  at 
  middle, 
  and 
  

   not 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  ; 
  elytra 
  very 
  little 
  attenuate 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  non-costulate 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  not 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  simple, 
  and 
  without 
  spinose 
  trochanter 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  compressed, 
  

   a 
  little 
  dilated 
  inwardly 
  at 
  the 
  middle, 
  simple 
  and 
  non-mucronate 
  

   at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  2-J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Graham's 
  Town). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  was 
  included 
  by 
  Burmeister 
  in 
  Monochelus. 
  

  

  Gymnoloma 
  pusilla, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  G. 
  parvula, 
  but 
  smaller 
  ; 
  the 
  shape 
  

   and 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  

   are 
  similar, 
  but 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  not 
  grooved 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  

   centre, 
  and 
  is 
  uniformly 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  elongate, 
  slightly 
  

   flavescent 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  also 
  uniformly 
  clothed 
  with 
  similar 
  

   scales, 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  scaly. 
  

  

  The 
  absence 
  of 
  median 
  groove 
  oh 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  which 
  is 
  uniformly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  scales, 
  distinguishes 
  this 
  species 
  from 
  G. 
  parvula. 
  

  

  