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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  band 
  of 
  darker 
  ochreous 
  scales, 
  and 
  a 
  similar 
  but 
  lateral 
  one 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium. 
  

  

  Length 
  10-11 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5-5J 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  Found 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  plains. 
  

  

  Scelophysa 
  peuinosa, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  169. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  The 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  species 
  applies 
  also 
  to 
  

   the 
  present 
  one, 
  which 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  scales 
  on 
  

   the 
  elytra, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  dense 
  only 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  margins 
  and 
  

   the 
  suture, 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  whole 
  discoidal 
  part 
  is 
  also 
  

   covered 
  with 
  scales 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  shape, 
  but 
  opaline, 
  and 
  

   giving 
  to 
  the 
  background, 
  which 
  is 
  light 
  testaceous, 
  a 
  lilac 
  tinge, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  surface 
  is 
  briefly 
  but 
  densely 
  setulose 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  

   are 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  inflated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  trimeni. 
  

  

  Female 
  : 
  The 
  shape 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  S. 
  trimeni, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   •completely 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  with 
  greenish-yellow 
  scales, 
  

   turning 
  to 
  uniform 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  pygidium 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  

   •of 
  the 
  abdominal 
  segments, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  being 
  silvery 
  

   white. 
  I 
  have, 
  however, 
  seen 
  a 
  few 
  examples 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  

   vestiture 
  as 
  the 
  male, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  blue 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  

   elytra 
  mixed 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  greenish-yellow 
  ones, 
  the 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  

   pygidial 
  part 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  yellow 
  colour. 
  

  

  Length 
  9-10 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Namaqualand). 
  Seems 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  more 
  

   in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  parts, 
  but 
  it 
  occurs 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  plains. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  LEPISIA, 
  Serv., 
  

   Encyclop. 
  Method., 
  x., 
  1825, 
  p. 
  374. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  ovoid, 
  deeply 
  constricted 
  laterally 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  insertion 
  

   <of 
  the 
  antennae, 
  dilated 
  triangularly 
  thence 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   deeply 
  and 
  broadly 
  emarginate, 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  slightly 
  oblique 
  and 
  

   have 
  a 
  bunch 
  of 
  short 
  hairs 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  robust, 
  inner 
  lobe 
  almost 
  

   rudimentary, 
  but 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  apex, 
  upper 
  lobe 
  short, 
  

   strongly 
  tri-dentate 
  and 
  penicillate 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  the 
  two 
  upper 
  teeth 
  

   are 
  set 
  opposite 
  one 
  another 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  labial 
  palpi 
  short, 
  

   sub-fusiform, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  long, 
  a 
  little 
  bent 
  inwardly, 
  

   fusiform 
  outwardly 
  and 
  obtuse 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  straight 
  at 
  apex 
  

   (virescens), 
  dentate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  (rupicola, 
  omatissima) 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  a 
  little 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  and 
  thence 
  

   nearly 
  straight, 
  bi-sinuate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  very 
  little 
  convex 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

  

  