des königl. eutomologischen Museums zu Berlin. 423 



nigricante, abdomine fusco. Long. SVs, lat. 2 mm.'' Ma- 

 dagascar. 



4. Laccophilus posticus Aube, Hydr. p. 428. 

 ;,Oblongo-ovalis, postice paulo angustior, apice oblique 

 rotundatus, nitidus, rufotestaceus, prothorace anterius et 

 posterius in medio infuscato, elytris lineis undulatis, haud 

 interruptis, confluentibus, nigris; abdomine pectoreque ni- 

 gricautibus. Long. 4, lat. 2V8 mm." Madagascar (nach 

 Aube auch auf Ile de France). Die Diagnose ist Sharp 

 1. c. No. 152 entnommen. 



5. Laccophilus addendus Sharp 1. c. No. 174. 

 „Ovalis, minus convexus, nitidus, testaceus, prothorace 

 anterius et posterius in medio sub-infuscato, elytris fusco- 

 irroratis, irrorationibus ad basin inaequaliter desinentibus. 

 Long. 4, lat. 274 mm." Madagascar. 



6. Neptosternus ornatus Sharp 1. c. No. 175. 

 (Prosternal process tridentate; spurs of bind tibiae acu- 

 minate at apex. Head rhater short; bind angles of pro- 

 thorax very acute.) „Oblongo-ovalis, sat latus, subdepressus, 

 nitidus, laevigatus, rufus, elytris fuscis, maculis decem 

 rufis ; prothorace angulis posterioribus retrorsum spectanti- 

 bus, peracutis. Long. SVs, lat. 2 mm." Madagascar, Zan- 

 zibar. 



7. Hydrovatus pictulus Sharp 1. c. No. 185. 

 „Latus, brevissimus, convexus, nitidus, ferrugineus, supra 

 fusculus, elytris evidenter rufo-signatis; thorace crebre, 

 elytris sparsim punctatis. Long. 2V2, lat. 2 mm.'' Mada- 

 gascar. 



8. Hydrovatus humilis Sharp 1. c. No. 198. 

 „Brevis, sat latus, convexus, vix nitidus, castaneus, elytris 

 magis fuscis, sat crebre punctatis; antennis vix tenuibus; 

 coxis posterioribus crebre punctatis. Long. 2V2, lat. IVa mm." 

 Madagascar. 



9. Hydrovatus uniformis Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. 

 ent. Fr. 1869, 185. Sharp 1. c. No. 213. „Nigro-piceus, 

 subopacus, latus, subrotundatus, convexus, dense fortiter 

 punctatus, antennis pedibusque rufis, illis crassiusculis. 

 Long. 4V4, lat. 3 mm." Madagascar. 



10. Hydrovatus Badeni Wehncke, Sharp 1. c. 



