. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 348 Annals of the South African Museum. longer than the head, very slightly selliform ; front and hind margin truncate ; lateral lobes (fig, 5, a) much longer than deep, regularly rounded below. Elytra reaching the middle of the abdomen. Last tergite large, rounded, prominent in the middle behind. Cercus (fig. 5, b, c, d) consisting of a triangular foliaceous part and a curved spine-like inner appendage, the basal part of which is also foliaceous ; there is a small tooth at the base of the triangular
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 348 Annals of the South African Museum. longer than the head, very slightly selliform ; front and hind margin truncate ; lateral lobes (fig, 5, a) much longer than deep, regularly rounded below. Elytra reaching the middle of the abdomen. Last tergite large, rounded, prominent in the middle behind. Cercus (fig. 5, b, c, d) consisting of a triangular foliaceous part and a curved spine-like inner appendage, the basal part of which is also foliaceous ; there is a small tooth at the base of the triangular part. Subgenital plate truncate. Coloration dirty-stramineous ; a brownish fascia runs along the head and pronotum ; lower margin of pronotal lobes whitish. Total length 10 ; pronotum 2-5 ; elytra 3 ; hind femur 7 mm. Described from a single male, taken at Matroosberg, Ceres Division, 4000 ft., Jan. 1917 (Lightfoot). Megalotheca longiceps (Pering.). 1916. Xiphidion longiceps, Peringuey, loc. cit., p. 450. This species distinctly differs from the three mentioned above by its larger size and extremely elongated habitus reminding one of the subfamily Saginae. It is not impossible that further studies in this little-known genus will necessitate splitting it up into two genera, but it would be premature to do so now. I append two figures (fig. 6) taken from the type which may help. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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