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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  there 
  is 
  a 
  long, 
  curved, 
  bi-sinuate 
  tooth, 
  the 
  intermediate 
  coxae 
  are 
  

   conspicuously 
  curved 
  inwardly 
  in 
  the 
  basal 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  

   margin 
  laminate 
  from 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  of' 
  this 
  curve 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  

   spurs, 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  lamina 
  sharp 
  or 
  dentate, 
  the 
  

   crenulate 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  deeply 
  incised 
  at 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  part, 
  

   and 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  margin 
  is 
  prolonged 
  into 
  a 
  long, 
  oblique 
  

   spine 
  ; 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  trochanters 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora 
  does 
  not 
  

   project 
  much, 
  the 
  femur 
  bears 
  a 
  very 
  distinct, 
  vertical 
  tooth 
  at 
  a 
  

   short 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  knee 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  are 
  moderately 
  arcuate,, 
  

   and 
  very 
  little 
  incurved 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  

  

  Length 
  12 
  mm. 
  ; 
  width 
  6f 
  mm. 
  

  

  The 
  insect 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  description 
  is 
  made 
  is 
  labelled 
  : 
  

   " 
  Sisyphus 
  spinipes, 
  Gory. 
  Cap. 
  B.E. 
  Collection 
  Jurine." 
  In 
  the- 
  

   figure 
  given 
  by 
  Gory 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  legs 
  is 
  about 
  

   correct, 
  but 
  not 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  ones. 
  

  

  Eaffray 
  described 
  and 
  figured 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  S. 
  tibialis 
  an 
  

   insect 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  S. 
  spinipes. 
  

  

  COPBINI. 
  

  

  Gen. 
  MACEODEEES, 
  Westw., 
  p. 
  297. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  Brussels 
  Museum 
  authorities 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  able 
  to 
  examine 
  two 
  of 
  de 
  Borre's 
  species 
  (types) 
  of 
  this 
  genus. 
  

  

  Macroderes 
  politulus, 
  Borre, 
  p. 
  301. 
  

  

  The 
  example 
  I 
  have 
  described 
  anew 
  under 
  this 
  name 
  is 
  absolutely 
  

   similar 
  to 
  de 
  Borre's 
  type, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  female. 
  This 
  is 
  evidenced 
  

   by 
  the 
  arcuate 
  frontal 
  carina 
  of 
  the 
  head. 
  

  

  Macroderes 
  westwoodi, 
  Borr., 
  p. 
  302. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  distinct 
  one 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  spur 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  is 
  very 
  long, 
  straight, 
  and 
  bent 
  at 
  right 
  angles 
  near 
  the 
  tip 
  ; 
  

   the 
  frontal 
  ridge 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  very 
  little 
  raised, 
  slightly 
  arcuate, 
  

   and 
  is 
  provided 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  with 
  a 
  plain, 
  rounded 
  tubercle 
  ; 
  the 
  

   prothorax 
  is 
  covered 
  by 
  punctures 
  separated 
  from 
  each 
  other 
  by 
  a 
  

   space 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  a 
  puncture, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  more 
  

   broadly 
  scattered 
  in 
  the 
  posterior 
  part 
  ; 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  finely 
  striate, 
  and 
  

   the 
  intervals 
  which 
  are 
  nearly 
  plane 
  and 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  waving, 
  

   plicate 
  row 
  more 
  shiny 
  than 
  the 
  background, 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  this 
  row 
  

   resembles 
  somewhat 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  shallow 
  foveae 
  without 
  wall 
  on 
  one 
  

   side 
  ; 
  the 
  supra-epipleural 
  stria 
  is 
  very 
  slender, 
  and 
  begins 
  at 
  the 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  abdominal 
  segment. 
  

  

  