﻿882 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol 
  xii. 
  

  

  legs 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  the 
  smaller 
  claw 
  is 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  

   length 
  of 
  the 
  stronger, 
  and 
  instead 
  of 
  being 
  appressed, 
  it 
  divaricates 
  

   plainly, 
  the 
  posterior 
  claws 
  are 
  single, 
  and 
  simple. 
  

  

  Haepina 
  vittigera, 
  Burm., 
  

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

  

  Black, 
  moderately 
  shining 
  ; 
  head 
  very 
  closely 
  seabroso-punctate, 
  

   clypeus 
  sub-foveolate 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  finely 
  shagreened 
  and 
  having 
  deep 
  

   scattered 
  punctures 
  each 
  bearing 
  a 
  stiff 
  erect 
  cilia, 
  among 
  these 
  are 
  

   spread 
  a 
  few 
  greyish 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  oblong, 
  parallel, 
  coria- 
  

   ceous 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  two 
  distinct 
  costae 
  and 
  four 
  bands 
  of 
  

   appressed, 
  squamose, 
  greyish- 
  white 
  hairs, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  three 
  intervals 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  single 
  hairs, 
  but 
  between 
  the 
  third 
  band 
  and 
  

   the 
  supra-marginal 
  one 
  the 
  hairs 
  are 
  more 
  numerous 
  ; 
  pygidium, 
  

   abdomen, 
  and 
  legs 
  with 
  similar 
  appressed 
  whitish 
  hairs, 
  pectus 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  a 
  light 
  fulvous 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  the 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  legs 
  

   are 
  double 
  and 
  unequal, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  single, 
  and 
  none 
  are 
  

   cleft. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3|— 
  4 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (? 
  Cape 
  Town). 
  

  

  NANAGA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  broad, 
  somewhat 
  short, 
  ovate, 
  not 
  deeply 
  constricted 
  

   laterally 
  at 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  antennas 
  ; 
  upper 
  lobe 
  of 
  

   maxillae 
  a 
  little 
  elongate, 
  fasciculate 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  armed 
  inwardly 
  

   with 
  five 
  teeth, 
  the 
  three 
  apical 
  ones 
  arranged 
  transversely 
  at 
  the 
  

   tip 
  ; 
  apical 
  joint 
  of 
  labial 
  palpi 
  swollen 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  moderately 
  

   acuminate 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  maxillary 
  sub-cylindrical 
  ; 
  

   clypeus 
  slightly 
  attenuate 
  laterally, 
  straight 
  at 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  

   angles 
  distinct 
  although 
  slightly 
  rounded, 
  not 
  plainly 
  divided 
  from 
  

   the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  suture 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine-jointed, 
  basal 
  joint 
  strongly 
  

   turbinate, 
  club 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  taken 
  together 
  ; 
  

   prothorax 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  narrowed 
  laterally 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  

   sinuate 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  basal 
  angle 
  sharp 
  ; 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  short, 
  triangular 
  ; 
  elytra 
  moderately 
  sinuate 
  laterally, 
  plainly 
  

   narrowed 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  and 
  leaving 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   propygidium 
  uncovered 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  steeply 
  slanting 
  

   forwards 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  compressed 
  ; 
  anterior 
  legs 
  bi-dentate, 
  basal 
  tooth 
  

   very 
  short 
  but 
  oblique 
  ; 
  posterior 
  legs 
  robust, 
  tibiae 
  triangularly 
  

   dilated 
  at 
  apex, 
  tarsi 
  long 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  claws 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  the 
  more 
  

   robust 
  one 
  cleft 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  

  

  