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  Transactions 
  South 
  African 
  Philosophical 
  Society, 
  [vol. 
  xii. 
  

  

  basal 
  one 
  small 
  and 
  much 
  hidden. 
  Anterior 
  coxae 
  rather 
  large, 
  

   •conical. 
  Metasternum 
  short. 
  Intermediate 
  and 
  posterior 
  tibiae 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  two 
  spurs 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  intermediate 
  

   pair 
  being 
  the 
  longer 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  elongate, 
  not 
  much 
  widened 
  

   at 
  the 
  apex, 
  with 
  two 
  strong 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge, 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  

   one 
  near 
  the 
  base. 
  Tarsi 
  long 
  and 
  very 
  slender, 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   tibia, 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  the 
  longest, 
  nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  

   the 
  basal 
  joint 
  very 
  short 
  (club-shaped), 
  not 
  reaching 
  beyond 
  the 
  

   apical 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  tibia 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  fifth 
  joints 
  very 
  long 
  and 
  

   slender, 
  the 
  fifth 
  the 
  longest. 
  The 
  claws 
  very 
  long, 
  slender, 
  very 
  

   slightly 
  curved, 
  simple, 
  about 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  claw- 
  

   joint." 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Waterhouse 
  adds 
  that 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  characters 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  

   suggest 
  an 
  affinity 
  with 
  Serica. 
  

  

  AEiEOTANYPus 
  boops, 
  Waterh., 
  

   Loc. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  405. 
  

  

  " 
  Piceous 
  black, 
  strongly 
  punctate; 
  head 
  moderately 
  large, 
  plane, 
  

   moderately 
  closely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  broader 
  

   than 
  the 
  head, 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  almost 
  by 
  one-half, 
  slightly 
  convex 
  

   and 
  only 
  a 
  little 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front, 
  strongly 
  but 
  moderately 
  closely 
  

   punctate 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  an 
  elongated 
  triangle, 
  almost 
  

   smooth 
  ; 
  elytra 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax, 
  and 
  twice 
  and 
  a 
  

   half 
  as 
  long, 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  irregularly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   close 
  and 
  deep, 
  a 
  little 
  ampliated 
  behind, 
  attenuated 
  arc-like 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex 
  ; 
  legs 
  long, 
  anterior 
  tibiae 
  tri-dentate 
  outwardly, 
  tarsi 
  testa- 
  

   ceous, 
  very 
  long, 
  slender 
  ; 
  claws 
  slender, 
  simple. 
  

  

  Length 
  2J- 
  lin. 
  ; 
  lat 
  1^- 
  lin. 
  

  

  The 
  clypeus 
  is 
  not 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  forehead 
  by 
  any 
  distinct 
  

   line 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  transverse, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  angles 
  slightly 
  rounded. 
  The 
  

   thorax 
  has 
  the 
  anterior 
  angles 
  slightly 
  prominent, 
  scarcely 
  acute 
  ; 
  

   the 
  sides 
  are 
  gently 
  reflexed, 
  very 
  gently 
  narrowed 
  in 
  front 
  ; 
  the 
  

   base 
  is 
  broadly 
  lobed 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  furnished 
  with 
  

   a 
  stria 
  near 
  the 
  suture. 
  The 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  very 
  shining, 
  

   not 
  punctured. 
  The 
  three 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   tibiae 
  are 
  sharp, 
  the 
  basal 
  one 
  very 
  small. 
  The 
  femora 
  and 
  tibiae 
  are 
  

   furnished 
  with 
  long, 
  delicate 
  hairs. 
  The 
  tarsi 
  are 
  very 
  slender, 
  and 
  

   have 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  almost 
  imperceptible 
  hairs 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  

   joints 
  ; 
  the 
  anterior 
  pair 
  are 
  about 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   elytra, 
  and 
  are 
  relatively 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  is 
  very 
  short. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  short 
  ; 
  the 
  club 
  short, 
  ovate, 
  

   its 
  basal 
  joint 
  shining. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  South 
  Africa, 
  Lake 
  N'Gami." 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  