﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  875 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  minute 
  inner 
  spur 
  ; 
  larger 
  claw 
  of 
  anterior 
  legs 
  not 
  deeply 
  

   cleft. 
  

  

  Length 
  5J-6 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Natal 
  (Durban). 
  

  

  Gen. 
  MICEOPLIJS, 
  Burim, 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  174. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  straight 
  laterally 
  but 
  slightly 
  attenuated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  nearly 
  straight, 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  distinct 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  mode- 
  

   rately 
  elongate, 
  upper 
  lobe 
  transverse, 
  short, 
  truncate 
  at 
  apex, 
  not 
  

   toothed 
  but 
  having 
  there 
  a 
  few 
  short, 
  stiff 
  bristles, 
  slightly 
  denti- 
  

   form, 
  and 
  a 
  thin 
  pencil 
  of 
  hairs, 
  apical 
  joints 
  of 
  maxillary 
  and 
  

   labial 
  palpi 
  slightly 
  curved 
  inwardly 
  and 
  sub-fusiform 
  outwardly, 
  

   the 
  intermediate 
  joint 
  of 
  the 
  labial 
  seems 
  fused 
  with 
  the 
  third, 
  and 
  

   the 
  two 
  intermediate 
  ones 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  are 
  obconical, 
  the 
  second 
  

   not 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  third 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  a 
  little 
  attenuated 
  laterally 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  slightly 
  hollowed 
  there 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  

   a 
  little 
  emarginate 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  sharp 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   not 
  very 
  convex, 
  plainly 
  obliquely 
  attenuated 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  

   median 
  part 
  to 
  the 
  anterior, 
  straight 
  thence 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  outer 
  angle 
  

   which 
  is 
  distinct 
  but 
  not 
  sharp, 
  base 
  bi-sinuate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  longer 
  

   than 
  broad, 
  ogival 
  ; 
  elytra 
  elongate, 
  sub-parallel, 
  rounded 
  behind, 
  not 
  

   very 
  convex, 
  covering 
  the 
  basal 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  

   obtusely 
  triangular, 
  vertical 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  not 
  compressed 
  ; 
  

   all 
  the 
  tibiae 
  with 
  an 
  inner 
  spur 
  ; 
  interior 
  ones 
  bi-dentate 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  minute 
  third 
  tooth 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  anterior 
  and 
  

   intermediate 
  claws 
  double 
  and 
  unequal, 
  the 
  posterior 
  single 
  and 
  

   simple, 
  the 
  stronger 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  is 
  slightly 
  

   cleft 
  and 
  so 
  is 
  the 
  weaker 
  claw 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  legs. 
  

  

  Burmeister 
  includes 
  in 
  this 
  genus, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  

   M. 
  nemoralis 
  is 
  the 
  type, 
  several 
  Madagascar 
  species, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  

   sure 
  that 
  they 
  belong 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Microplus 
  nemoralis, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  174. 
  

  

  Eusty 
  red, 
  moderately 
  shining 
  ; 
  head 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  squamose 
  

   flavescent 
  hairs 
  looking 
  like 
  scales, 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   along 
  the 
  marginal 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  

   along 
  the 
  apical 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  plainly 
  reflexed 
  and 
  

   with 
  the 
  angles 
  sharp, 
  slightly 
  emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  granu- 
  

   lose 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  very 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  each 
  puncture 
  bearing 
  a 
  

  

  