﻿864 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  upper 
  lobe 
  very 
  short, 
  penicillate 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  "and 
  armed 
  with 
  four 
  

   robust 
  falcate 
  teeth 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  labial 
  palpi 
  sub-cylindrical 
  

   but 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  comparatively 
  

   short, 
  fusiform 
  outwardly 
  only, 
  and 
  slightly 
  inflexed 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  laterally, 
  straight 
  at 
  tip 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  

   reflexed 
  and 
  the 
  angles 
  very 
  sharp 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine-jointed, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  short 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  depressed, 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  in 
  front, 
  

   straight 
  from 
  there, 
  bi-sinuate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  sharply 
  ogival 
  ; 
  

   elytra 
  elongate, 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  shoulder 
  towards 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  not 
  quite 
  covering 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  

   segments, 
  deeply 
  impressed 
  diagonally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  from 
  near 
  

   the 
  humeral 
  part 
  to 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  length, 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  propygidium 
  

   almost 
  entirely 
  uncovered 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  vertical 
  or 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  sexes 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  sharply 
  bi-dentate 
  out- 
  

   wardly, 
  hind 
  femora 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  robust 
  and 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  all 
  the 
  tibiae 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  short, 
  thick, 
  the 
  fifth 
  

   joint 
  very 
  robust 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  all 
  the 
  claws 
  double, 
  the 
  stronger 
  one 
  

   in 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  slightly 
  bifid, 
  the 
  weaker 
  one 
  

   slender 
  and 
  pressed 
  against 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  both 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  

   legs 
  uncleft 
  ; 
  body 
  clothed 
  wholly 
  with 
  minute 
  scales, 
  differing 
  in 
  

   colour 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  sex. 
  

  

  This 
  South 
  African 
  genus 
  consists 
  of 
  three 
  species. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  Species. 
  

  

  Body 
  covered 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  with 
  deep 
  ochreous 
  or 
  dark 
  orange 
  -yellow 
  

   scales 
  turning 
  to 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  red 
  militarist. 
  

  

  Body 
  entirely 
  covered 
  with 
  sky-blue 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  dark 
  sienna- 
  

   brown 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  legs 
  black 
  trimeni. 
  

  

  Prothorax, 
  scutellum, 
  a 
  sutural 
  and 
  marginal 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  elytra, 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  whole 
  under 
  side 
  sky-blue, 
  discoidal 
  part 
  of 
  elytra 
  

   lilac, 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  side 
  clothed 
  with 
  green 
  scales 
  and 
  

   the 
  under 
  side 
  with 
  yellow 
  and 
  white 
  scales 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  pruinosa. 
  

  

  SCELOPHYSA 
  MILITARIS, 
  Gyllh., 
  

  

  Schonh. 
  Syn. 
  Ins., 
  i., 
  3, 
  App. 
  p. 
  116. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Entirely 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  with 
  minute 
  contiguous 
  

   scales 
  varying 
  in 
  colour 
  from 
  light 
  bright 
  yellow 
  to 
  orange 
  and 
  

   ochreous, 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   similar 
  but 
  flavescent 
  scales, 
  the 
  clypeus, 
  however, 
  is 
  without 
  any, 
  

   and 
  the 
  pectus 
  is 
  villose 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  fuscous, 
  and 
  the 
  legs 
  red 
  

   and 
  slightly 
  pubescent, 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   squamose 
  ; 
  head 
  very 
  rugose, 
  clypeus 
  broadly 
  but 
  shallowly 
  

   emarginate 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  sharp 
  and 
  somewhat 
  reflexed 
  ; 
  

  

  