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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  sharply 
  ogival 
  and 
  is 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  

   are 
  somewhat 
  plainly 
  quadri-costate 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  and 
  also 
  deeply 
  

   cicatricoso-punctate, 
  but 
  these 
  punctures 
  are 
  not 
  set 
  close 
  to 
  each 
  

   other, 
  and 
  are 
  somewhat 
  obliterated 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   costae 
  ; 
  the 
  pygidium 
  is 
  shagreened 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  longitudinal 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shallow 
  median 
  furrow, 
  the 
  appressed 
  hairs 
  on 
  it 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  are 
  very 
  minute 
  and 
  equally 
  distant, 
  and 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  tibiae 
  of 
  the 
  male, 
  the 
  only 
  sex 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  

   more 
  robust 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  Length 
  9 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  (exact 
  locality 
  unknown). 
  

  

  The 
  example 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  description 
  is 
  made 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  

   by 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  Dohrn, 
  of 
  Stettin, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  either 
  Zeyher 
  or 
  

   Drege. 
  

  

  KAEEIGA, 
  n. 
  gen. 
  

  

  Mentum 
  ampliate 
  laterally, 
  not 
  wider 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  incised 
  laterally 
  near 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  inser- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  palpi, 
  semicircularly 
  emarginate 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  labrum 
  

   vertical, 
  arcuately 
  emarginate 
  ; 
  palpi 
  of 
  Hoplia 
  ; 
  maxillae 
  short, 
  very 
  

   robust, 
  upper 
  lobe 
  armed 
  with 
  two 
  short, 
  robust, 
  bifid 
  teeth 
  somewhat 
  

   blunt 
  and 
  set 
  somewhat 
  in 
  the 
  inner 
  edge, 
  mandibles 
  sharply 
  bi-cari- 
  

   nate 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  face, 
  concave 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  carinae, 
  falcate 
  at 
  the 
  

   tip 
  and 
  slightly 
  bifid 
  inwardly 
  ; 
  antennae 
  ten-jointed, 
  basal 
  joint 
  long, 
  

   clava 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  intermediate 
  joints 
  taken 
  together 
  ; 
  head 
  

   somewhat 
  broad 
  and 
  having 
  distinct 
  genae 
  the 
  canthus 
  of 
  which 
  

   divide 
  nearly 
  equally 
  the 
  anterior 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  eyes, 
  clypeus 
  

   transverse, 
  not 
  so 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  head, 
  rounded 
  laterally 
  and 
  deeply 
  

   emarginate 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  short, 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  

   crenulate 
  laterally, 
  very 
  little 
  sinuate 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   somewhat 
  short, 
  broadly 
  ogival 
  ; 
  elytra 
  plane 
  in 
  the 
  anterior 
  part, 
  

   slightly 
  broader 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  than 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  sub- 
  

   parallel 
  ; 
  pygidium 
  vertical 
  ; 
  anterior 
  and 
  intermediate 
  tarsi 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  posterior 
  ones 
  not 
  longer, 
  claws 
  double, 
  unequal, 
  and 
  

   simple, 
  the 
  inner 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  posterior 
  legs 
  very 
  short 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  

   tri-dentate, 
  the 
  teeth 
  broad, 
  turned 
  slightly 
  downwards, 
  intermediate 
  

   and 
  apical 
  ones 
  connate 
  ; 
  intermediate 
  and 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  with 
  two 
  series 
  

   of 
  closely 
  set, 
  short, 
  serrate 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  ; 
  ail 
  tibiae 
  with 
  a 
  

   spur 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  are 
  very 
  villose 
  and 
  densely 
  

   bristly 
  underneath. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  species 
  included 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  has 
  the 
  general 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  an 
  Empecta 
  (Melolonthin^e), 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  more 
  depressed. 
  

  

  