﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  867 
  

  

  ogival 
  ; 
  elytra 
  sub-parallel, 
  plane, 
  not 
  distinctly 
  costulate, 
  not 
  sinuate 
  

   laterally 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  vertical 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  convex 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   legs 
  nearly 
  similar 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  not 
  thickened 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  sharply 
  

   bi-dentate 
  inwardly 
  and 
  having 
  an 
  inner, 
  slender 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  claws 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  legs 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  ones 
  cleft 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  

   moderately 
  long, 
  joints 
  simple 
  with 
  the 
  fifth 
  not 
  strongly 
  developed 
  

   in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  The 
  distinctive 
  characters 
  between 
  this 
  genus 
  and 
  Scelophysa 
  are 
  

   the 
  tri-dentate 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  lobe, 
  and 
  the 
  slender 
  legs 
  which 
  

   have 
  more 
  elongated 
  tarsal 
  joints, 
  and 
  are 
  nearly 
  similar 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  

  

  This 
  South 
  African 
  genus 
  includes 
  three 
  species. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  Species. 
  

  

  A 
  2 
  . 
  Clypeus 
  triangularly 
  dentate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Body 
  covered 
  with 
  greenish 
  scales 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  rupicola. 
  

  

  Upper 
  side 
  of 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  purple-red 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  

   prothoracic 
  bands, 
  and 
  one 
  marginal 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  elytra 
  of 
  greenish- 
  

   yellow 
  scales, 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  pygidial 
  part, 
  and 
  under 
  side 
  similarly 
  

   scaly 
  ; 
  female 
  covered 
  with 
  greenish-yellow 
  scales 
  but 
  having 
  

   three 
  bands 
  of 
  deeper 
  yellow 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  also 
  

   yellow 
  ornatissima. 
  

  

  A 
  1 
  . 
  Clypeus 
  not 
  dentate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  in 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  Upper 
  side 
  covered 
  with 
  yellowish-green 
  scales 
  and 
  with 
  slightly 
  

   flavescent 
  ones 
  underneath 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  virescens. 
  

  

  Lepisia 
  virescens, 
  Pering., 
  

   Trans. 
  S. 
  Afric. 
  Philos. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  iv., 
  1888, 
  p. 
  102. 
  

  

  Male 
  : 
  Completely 
  covered 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  with 
  minute 
  round 
  

   yellowish-green 
  scales 
  adjoining 
  one 
  another, 
  except 
  the 
  head 
  ; 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  testaceous 
  red, 
  but 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  background 
  is 
  hidden 
  

   by 
  the 
  scales, 
  which 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  are 
  whitish 
  with 
  a 
  flavescent 
  

   tinge, 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  piceous 
  red 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  are 
  scaly 
  ; 
  head 
  

   closely 
  scabrose, 
  briefly 
  tomentose 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  clypeus 
  which 
  is 
  

   straight 
  at 
  tip 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  not 
  sharp 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  is 
  deeply 
  

   bi-sinuate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  very 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Scelophysa, 
  and 
  the 
  pubescence 
  

   is 
  yellow 
  and 
  very 
  dense, 
  but 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  more 
  attenuate 
  

   laterally 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  following, 
  and 
  also 
  

   shorter 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  taken 
  

   together, 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  indistinct 
  discoidal 
  costule 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  

   and 
  are 
  sub-diagonally 
  impressed 
  longitudinally 
  outside 
  the 
  humeral 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  are 
  double, 
  unequal 
  and 
  cleft, 
  except 
  the 
  stouter 
  

   posterior 
  one. 
  

  

  