﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  865 
  

  

  prothorax 
  covered 
  with 
  dense, 
  moderately 
  short, 
  bristly 
  hairs 
  ; 
  scales 
  

   on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  a 
  little 
  lighter 
  than 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  elytra 
  faintly 
  

   costulate 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part 
  for 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  

   the 
  length, 
  and 
  having 
  only 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  very 
  short 
  setae 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  

   and 
  all 
  round 
  the 
  marginal 
  part 
  ; 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdominal 
  segments 
  with 
  minute 
  setae 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  moderately 
  

   thick, 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  femora, 
  swollen 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  short, 
  sharp 
  mucro 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  apical 
  part, 
  fifth 
  joint 
  of 
  

   intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  developed, 
  especially 
  the 
  

   latter, 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  triangular 
  tooth 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  basal 
  

   one 
  underneath. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  shape 
  and 
  colouration, 
  but 
  the 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  not 
  swollen, 
  the 
  fifth 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tarsi 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  

   strongly 
  developed, 
  and 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  are 
  nearly 
  always 
  

   more 
  navescent 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-12 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6-7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester, 
  Clanwilliam, 
  Namaqualand). 
  

  

  Scelophysa 
  teimeni, 
  Pering., 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLIV., 
  fig. 
  7. 
  

  

  Trans. 
  S. 
  Afric. 
  Philos. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  hi., 
  pt. 
  ii., 
  95, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Shape 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  but 
  clothed 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   and 
  under 
  side 
  with 
  bright 
  azure- 
  blue 
  minute 
  scales, 
  having 
  a 
  faint 
  

   silvery 
  tinge 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  black, 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   ones 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  head 
  have 
  no 
  scales, 
  but 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  have 
  blue 
  scales 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  very 
  scabrose 
  and 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  dense 
  but 
  not 
  long 
  greyish 
  pubescence, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  is 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  distinctly 
  bi-costate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   but 
  also 
  striate 
  laterally, 
  and 
  the 
  suture 
  is 
  as 
  much 
  raised 
  as 
  the 
  

   discoidal 
  costae, 
  which, 
  like 
  the 
  narrow 
  intervals 
  separating 
  the 
  

   lateral 
  striae, 
  bear 
  each 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  very 
  short, 
  white, 
  bristly 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  

   scales 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  are 
  round, 
  whereas 
  

   in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  itself, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   they 
  are 
  elongate 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  S. 
  militaris, 
  but 
  

   the 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  joints 
  are 
  developed 
  inwardly 
  into 
  a 
  long 
  

   spine 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side* 
  especially 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  the 
  fifth 
  joint 
  is 
  tri- 
  

   dentate. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  Like 
  the 
  male 
  in 
  general 
  appearance, 
  but 
  entirely 
  covered 
  

   on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  with 
  brown 
  scales 
  intermingled 
  with 
  orange-yellow 
  

   ones, 
  which 
  are 
  partly 
  rubbed 
  off 
  in 
  all 
  my 
  examples 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   and 
  similar 
  in 
  colour 
  to 
  those 
  covering 
  the 
  pygidial 
  part 
  and 
  

   abdomen, 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  there 
  is 
  a. 
  

  

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