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698 C OLEOPTEIU COLLE CTED IX EAST AFRICA-LINELL. 



suture and uiaigms ferruginous, crenately punctatostriate; intervals 

 convex, ].unctulate. Thorax beneath rugosely punctate, opaque Me- 

 tasternuin and abdomen densely and finely punctate, shining. Legs 

 slender, punctate, entirely ferruginous; tibi;e straio-ht 



Typ..-Xo.38,U.S.^.M. One example, Jombene Range. Length 

 12 mm. *' ' 



DICHOTYMUS MINOR, new species. 



Elongate ovate, piceous, somewhat shining. Antenna> slender, as 

 long as half the body, subserrate, slightly clavate. Clypeus short, 

 densely punctate, truncate at apex, separated from front by a deen 

 groove. Front nearly as l,road as diameter of eye seen from above 

 more strongly punctate. Thorax much narrower ihaii elvtra, one-half 

 broader than long, sparsely and finely punctate; shies aVcuatelv con- 

 vergent from the base, anterior angles rectangular, posterior angles 

 obtuse. h(-utellum elongate, triangular, with a few distinct punctures 

 Elytra rounded at the humeri, conjointly subacuminate at apex each 

 with eight regular strh^ of fine punctures; intervals entirei;^ fiat, 

 smooth. Meso- and meta-sternum coarsely punctate at sides. Abdo- 

 men finely punctate, first and second segments densely striate at base 

 Le^s long, slender, sparsely punctate; femora fusiform ; tibi:e straio-lit' 

 golden pubescent beneath toward apex; tarsi narrow, denselv golden 

 pubescent l)eneath. ' ^"lucu 



Types.-lSo. 39, U.S.N.M. Eive examples, Tana River. Length, 9 

 to 13 mm. " ' 



MERACANTHOIDES, new genus. 

 {TrUte Jmari/(/mi<lcs, Lacordaire.) 



Eyes large, partly covered by prothorax. Front as broad as diameter 

 o± eye seen from above. Antenna- slender, nearly filiform, reaching 

 the elytra. Prosternum declivous posteriorly. Mesosternum a little 

 longer than broad, longitudinally convex at middle, canaliculate each 

 side, slightly furcate at apex. lutercoxal process narrow. 



MERACANTHOIDES CUPREOLINEATUS, new species. 



Globosely oval. Antenna- ferruginous, third joint longer than fcnirth, 

 the last joints compressed but hardly perceptibly dilated. Last joint 

 of palpi very broad. Clypeus separated by an arcuate impression, 

 finely reticulate and strongly punctate, shining. Head and thorax dark 

 brown, with metallic lustre, finely and rather densely punctate, subo- 

 paque from an extremely fine reticulation. Thorax strongly convex 



at middle; sides arcuate and strongly convergent from the base, angles 

 prominent Scutellum small, triangular, with a few fine punctures! 

 El>t a with rounded humeri, conjointly subacute at apex, each with 

 eight punctured linear stria^, sharply impressed, much deeper toward 



