332 OL. i;. JAN SON 



tlie angles rounded and a little retiexed. Tliorux somewhat spar- 

 sely punctured in front, very coarsely so at the sides and almost 

 impunctate i)ehind; the basal margin arcuate, very sliglitly emar- 

 ginate ì)efore the scutellum and rounded at the lateral angles. 

 Scntellum narrow, very acute, impunctate. Elytra with ten rows 

 of coarse arcuate punctures arranged in pairs, the first pair are 

 usually obsolete before the middle and merge into two divergent 

 pairs of simple striae towards the apex, the second pair coalesce 

 behind the middle and terminate on the apical callus, the third 

 pair (of which the outer row is more or less strigiform in the 

 mid(ll(>) coalesce with the fourth jiair (which are very sliort) and 

 unite with the first pair at tlie apex, the fifth pair (of which the 

 outer one is at the margin) coalesce both in front and behind; 

 aj)ical suturai angles a little produced. Pygidium slightly convex 

 and with coarse ring-form punctures. I>eneath strigose at the sides; 

 mesosternal process large, broad. round(Ml and with an arcuate 

 hirsute line before the apex; abdomen sparsely punctured, the 

 sides with a coarse longitudinal striation. Legs with setiferous 

 strigiform punctures and fringed with yellowish grey hair. In the 

 female the pygidium is more convex , the suturai angles of the 

 elytra are less produced and the whole of the jiunctuation is 

 coarser. Length 10- li nun. 



St. Thomas Is. (Vista Alegre, i()(l-3()() m. ; Agua-Izè, /i()0-700 

 m.; liibeira Palma, 40()-70() m.; August-December 11)00). 



This species is very distinct from any that are known to me, 

 the mesosternal process is larger and more prominent than in L. 

 (Erythroderma) rufa, Gory, the tarsi are rather shorter and 

 the elytra are more evenly convex and less strongly sculptured 

 than in any of its congeners. 



->!. Niphobleta niveo-sparsa, Ivz. 



. Fernando Po Is. (Labia de S. Carlos, (MOO iii.. Decciiibcr 

 P.)Ol). 



A single example. 



:Ji. Jothochilus undulatus, Kollu". 



Porlugucsi' (luinca ( llolaiiia. .liuie-neccmbei- LS'.)',)). 

 The scNcii sjH'ciiiit'iis o])tain('(l by Vvw \iw\ in si/e from '.) to 

 10'., nun. and shew iinicli variation in the exlciil and foi-ni of 



