692 COLEOPTERA COLLECTED IN EAST AFRICA— LINELL. vol.xviii. 



not prominent. Legs entirely black; anterior tibire bidentate; ante- 

 rior tarsi with the exterior claw iucrassate, bifid at tip; middle claws 

 entire. 



Tijpes.—^o. 25, U.S.:N^.M. Three examples, Taua River. Leugth, 

 14 mm. 



ANOMALA CHANLERI, new species. 



Oblong, subparallel, testaceous, shiuing, glabrous above. Head red- 

 dish brown, transverse, rugosely punctured; vertex paler, nearly 

 smooth; clypeus rounded, margiu strongly elevated, entire; antennre 

 testaceous, club somewhat shorter than the stem. Thorax reddish 

 brown, twice broader than long, continuously margined, obsoletely 

 canaliculate at middle, subopaque, very densely and finely, rugosely ret- 

 iculate; a large round dee])ly impressed fovea each side; sides rounded, 

 convergent from middle to apex, anterior angles acute, posterior angles 

 obtuse; base very slightly and broadly lobed at middle. Scutellum 

 semioval, finely rugose, margined with brown. Elytra somewhat 

 widened behind the middle, regularly and strongly punctatostriate; 

 intervals subequal, smooth; a strong semicircular impression behind 

 the scutellum. Pygidium vaguely, transversely rugose, fimbriate at 

 apex. Ventral surface sparsely punctate and pilose. Mesosternum 

 not prominent. Anterior tibiae bidentate. Tarsi infuscate; exterior 

 claws of the anterior and middle legs cleft. 



Type.—^o. 2G, U.S.J^.M. One example, Tana Eiver. Length, 12 mm. 



ADORETUS PARALLELUS, new species. 



Elongate, parallel, testaceous, feebly shining, sparsely griseo-pilose. 

 Head broad, rufo-piceous, densely rugose, vertex smooth at middle. 

 Clypeus with margin black, reflexed, broadly emarginate at middle. 

 Frontal carina distinct, slightly arcuate. Labruni strongly pectniate 

 with a median carina. Antennal club somewhat longer than the stem. 

 Thorax more than twice, broader than long, moderately densely punc- 

 tate, distinctly bisinuate at apex, obsoletely at base; sides arcuate, pos- 

 terior angles rounded, anterior angles acute. Scutellum ogival, punc- 

 tulate, smooth at tip. Elytra slightly dilated at middle, obsoletely 

 costate, densely, nearly regularly, striatopunctate; suture and apex 

 narrowly infuscate. rygidium convex, finely rugosely punctate. 

 Metasternum and abdomen nearly smooth at middle, sparsely punctate 

 at sides. Anterior tibiiP tridentate. Tarsi infuscate, exterior claws of 

 the anterior and middle legs cleft. 



Types.— ^o. 27, U.S.N.M. Two examples. Tana Kiver. Length, 12 mm. 



PARAPHOSPHORUS, new genus. 

 (Group Trafjocephalidcs, Lacordaiie.) 



Antenna setaceous, twelve-jointed. Thorax with a stout lateral 

 spuie at middle, broadly lobed ot base. -Prosternum declivous before 

 and behind. Mesosternum protuberant in front. 



