﻿1902.] 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Coleoptera 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  881 
  

  

  compressed 
  ; 
  legs 
  moderately 
  slender 
  but 
  hind 
  ones 
  robust 
  and 
  with 
  

   the 
  tibiae 
  somewhat 
  dilated 
  triangularly 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  strongly 
  

   bi-dentate, 
  the 
  apical 
  tooth 
  is 
  very 
  long, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  

   claws 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  but 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  one 
  is 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  stronger 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  cleft 
  in 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  legs, 
  whereas 
  in 
  the 
  intermediate 
  both 
  are 
  cleft. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  differs 
  from 
  Harpina 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  

   the 
  maxillary 
  palpi, 
  and 
  the 
  cleft 
  claws. 
  

  

  Blikana 
  comosa, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Black, 
  covered 
  all 
  over 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  long 
  pubescence, 
  fuscous 
  

   brown 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  mixed 
  with 
  sub-flavescent 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  on 
  

   the 
  elytra 
  where 
  they 
  form 
  there 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  greyish 
  longitudinal 
  

   bands 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  abdomen, 
  pectus, 
  and 
  legs 
  densely 
  villose, 
  the 
  

   pubescence 
  ashy-grey 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  prothorax 
  very 
  closely 
  and 
  some- 
  

   what 
  roughly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  elytra 
  oblong, 
  parallel, 
  strongly 
  coriaceous 
  

   and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  two 
  very 
  plain 
  costae 
  ; 
  propygidium 
  and 
  

   pygidium 
  clothed 
  with 
  dense 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  ; 
  hind 
  legs 
  somewhat 
  robust 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  being 
  

   plainly 
  dilated 
  at 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length 
  7-8 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Cape 
  Town). 
  

  

  Gen. 
  HAEPINA, 
  Burm., 
  

   Handb. 
  d. 
  Entomol., 
  iv., 
  1, 
  p. 
  201. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  obovate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  insertion 
  

   of 
  the 
  labial 
  palpi, 
  attenuate 
  from 
  there 
  and 
  quite 
  parabolic 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  setae, 
  maxillae 
  robust, 
  horny, 
  the 
  two 
  lobes 
  

   indistinct, 
  very 
  obliquely 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  penicillate 
  there 
  and 
  

   without 
  inner 
  teeth 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  labial 
  palpi 
  very 
  swollen 
  out- 
  

   wardly, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  elongate, 
  cylindrical, 
  but 
  slightly 
  bent 
  

   inwards 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  laterally 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  blunt 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  margin 
  finely 
  reflexed, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  concave, 
  and 
  

   it 
  is 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  transverse 
  suture 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  

   obliquely 
  attenuate 
  laterally 
  from 
  the 
  apex 
  to 
  the 
  middle, 
  nearly 
  

   straight 
  from 
  there 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  which 
  is 
  sinuate, 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  

   convex 
  on 
  the 
  disk 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  ogival 
  ; 
  elytra 
  

   somewhat 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  parallel, 
  covering 
  the 
  whole 
  

   propygidium 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  as 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  as 
  long, 
  vertical 
  in 
  

   the 
  male, 
  abdomen 
  scarcely 
  compressed 
  ; 
  legs 
  moderately 
  strong 
  ;. 
  

   anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate, 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  

  

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