﻿886 
  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  EABULA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

   Mentum 
  and 
  palpi 
  of 
  Hoplia, 
  the 
  maxillae 
  are 
  also 
  similar 
  in 
  shape, 
  

   and 
  six-dentate 
  inwardly, 
  but 
  the 
  two 
  upper 
  teeth 
  are 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  others 
  and 
  project 
  obliquely 
  above 
  them; 
  clypeus 
  a 
  little 
  rounded 
  

   laterally, 
  tri-dentate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  by 
  a 
  

   suture 
  ; 
  antennae 
  nine-jointed 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  transverse, 
  a 
  little 
  rounded 
  

   laterally; 
  grooved 
  longitudinally 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  base 
  slightly 
  bi- 
  

   sinuate 
  ; 
  elytra 
  elongated, 
  not 
  much 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  moderately 
  callose 
  at 
  the 
  

   shoulder, 
  and 
  more 
  distinctly 
  so 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  hardly 
  convex 
  and 
  

   covering 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  which 
  is 
  broad 
  and 
  vertical 
  in 
  the 
  

   male 
  ; 
  legs 
  moderately 
  slender, 
  and 
  without 
  an 
  apical 
  spur 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   tibiae 
  slightly 
  compressed 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  claws 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  legs 
  

   double, 
  unequal, 
  the 
  smaller 
  one 
  somewhat 
  divaricating, 
  all 
  simple, 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  single 
  and 
  also 
  simple 
  ; 
  no 
  apical 
  spur 
  to 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae. 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  the 
  Species. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  not 
  excavate 
  and 
  plainly 
  tri-dentate 
  in 
  front 
  morom. 
  

  

  Clypeus 
  deeply 
  excavate, 
  and 
  simple 
  in 
  front 
  marque 
  za. 
  

  

  Eabula 
  morosa, 
  n. 
  spec. 
  

  

  Fuscous 
  brown, 
  opaque, 
  clothed 
  with 
  some 
  slightly 
  remote, 
  ap- 
  

   pressed 
  minute 
  ashy-grey 
  hairs 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  sub-granulose, 
  a 
  little 
  

   rounded 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  slightly 
  obliquely 
  attenuate 
  thence 
  and 
  

   plainly 
  and 
  somewhat 
  sharply 
  tri-dentate 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  head 
  and 
  

   prothorax 
  covered 
  with 
  cicatricose 
  shallow 
  punctures 
  from 
  the 
  

   centre 
  of 
  which 
  springs 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  bristle 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  has 
  a 
  

   shallow 
  but 
  plainly 
  visible 
  longitudinal 
  furrow 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   small 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  ; 
  elytra 
  plainly 
  tri-costate 
  on 
  the 
  discoidal 
  

   part 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  addition 
  another 
  costa 
  above 
  the 
  outer 
  margin, 
  

   the 
  suture 
  is 
  also 
  raised, 
  and 
  the 
  sculpture 
  consists 
  of 
  closely 
  set 
  

   cicatricose 
  punctures 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  closely 
  set 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  

   and 
  bearing 
  likewise 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  appressed 
  hair, 
  but 
  the 
  costae 
  

   and 
  the 
  suture 
  have 
  in 
  addition 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  distant, 
  short 
  bristles 
  ; 
  

   pygidium 
  and 
  abdomen 
  aciculate, 
  especially 
  the 
  former, 
  and 
  with 
  

   scattered 
  minute 
  hairs 
  ; 
  legs 
  punctate 
  and 
  with 
  similarly 
  appressed 
  

   hairs 
  ; 
  they 
  have 
  no 
  apical 
  spur, 
  the 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  are 
  tri-dentate, 
  

   the 
  three 
  teeth 
  are 
  set 
  close 
  together 
  and 
  very 
  oblique, 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  

   claws 
  is 
  cleft, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  anterior 
  ones 
  are 
  double 
  and 
  unequal. 
  

  

  Length 
  7 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  3-| 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (Worcester). 
  

  

  