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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  slightly 
  flavescent 
  and 
  very 
  short 
  appressed 
  hair, 
  there 
  are 
  

   also 
  a 
  few 
  erect 
  bristles 
  on 
  the 
  disk, 
  and 
  a 
  fringe 
  of 
  them 
  along 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  and 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ; 
  elytra 
  nearly 
  oblong, 
  but 
  not 
  

   quite 
  parallel 
  owing 
  to 
  a 
  supra-lateral 
  sinuation, 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   plainly 
  costulate, 
  but 
  are 
  somewhat 
  striate 
  in 
  the 
  discoidal 
  part, 
  

   moderately 
  deeply 
  but 
  somewhat 
  closely 
  and 
  irregularly 
  punctate, 
  

   and 
  have 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  eight 
  series 
  of 
  short, 
  white 
  setae 
  regularly 
  

   disposed 
  and 
  not 
  closely 
  set, 
  between 
  these 
  rows 
  are 
  some 
  

   scattered, 
  small, 
  flavescent 
  hair 
  - 
  like 
  scales 
  which 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  less 
  

   remote 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  part, 
  and 
  often 
  rubbed 
  off; 
  the 
  pygidium, 
  

   abdomen, 
  and 
  pectus 
  are 
  clothed 
  with 
  appressed 
  flavescent 
  hairs, 
  

   and 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  more 
  bristly 
  than 
  pubescent. 
  

  

  Length 
  7|— 
  8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3f-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town). 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  crepuscular. 
  

  

  MICEOPLIDUS, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  oblongo-ovate, 
  not 
  very 
  deeply 
  narrowed 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   insertion 
  of 
  the 
  antennas, 
  nearly 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  with 
  the 
  angles 
  

   somewhat 
  rounded 
  and 
  not 
  penicillate 
  ; 
  inner 
  lobe 
  of 
  maxillae 
  indis- 
  

   tinct, 
  but 
  sharp 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  is 
  short, 
  has 
  a 
  thick 
  pencil 
  

   of 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  and 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  sharp 
  teeth 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  of 
  labial 
  palpi 
  short, 
  swollen, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  moderately 
  

   long, 
  sub-fusiform 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  laterally, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   margin 
  slightly 
  reflexed, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  is 
  

   very 
  rugose 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine-jointed, 
  club 
  short, 
  ovate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   convex, 
  distinctly 
  narrowed 
  obliquely 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  straight 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  posterior 
  angle, 
  but 
  also 
  

   occasionally 
  a 
  little 
  ampliated 
  and 
  rounded 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  the 
  base 
  

   is 
  slightly 
  bi-sinuate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  moderately 
  long, 
  narrow, 
  ogival 
  ; 
  

   elytra 
  somewhat 
  convex, 
  very 
  little 
  emarginate 
  laterally 
  below 
  the 
  

   humeral 
  part, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  attenuated 
  thence 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  

   covering 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  propygidium 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  nearly 
  

   vertical 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  with 
  an 
  apical 
  spur, 
  anterior 
  ones 
  bi-dentate 
  or 
  

   occasionally 
  with 
  a 
  third 
  tooth 
  (pumilus), 
  the 
  two 
  teeth 
  very 
  

   oblique 
  and 
  long, 
  posterior 
  legs 
  robust, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  broad, 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  the 
  thigh 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  forelegs 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  the 
  stouter 
  one 
  

   cleft 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  legs 
  single 
  

   or 
  double, 
  simple 
  or 
  cleft. 
  

  

  The 
  insects 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  have 
  a 
  peculiar 
  facies 
  owing 
  to 
  

   their 
  narrow 
  elongate 
  body. 
  They 
  can 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  sections, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  body 
  being 
  entirely 
  or 
  partly 
  covered 
  by 
  scales, 
  or 
  

  

  