522 MARTIN JACOB? 



2. Gynandrophthalma somalensis, sp. n. — Subelongate ami 



parallel, dark fulvous below, head and thorax reddish-fulvous, 

 the latter with a central piceous mark, nearly impunctate, elytra 

 pale tìavous, a very narrow transverse band at the base, ex- 

 tending below the shoulders and a transverse spot near the apex, 

 black, antennae and legs tìavous. 



Length 5 millim. 



Head with a fovea between the eyes, finely and sparingly 

 punctured at the middle, the episteme quadrately emarginate in 

 front, the labrum navous, eyes large, antennae extending to the 

 base of the thorax, entirely tìavous, the intermediate joints 

 strongly transversely serrate ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as 

 long, the sides rather strongly deflexed anteriorly, if viewed 

 from above, the lateral margins moderately rounded, the poste- 

 rior angles distinct, the surface convex, nearly impunctate, 

 triangularly depressed at the middle of the base, the depression 

 distinctly punctured, the middle of the disc with an elongate 

 rather obscure piceous mark, scutellum tìavous, its apex trun- 

 cate ; elytra subcylindrical, entirely impunctate, pale Havous, the 

 basal margin with a narrow black band , 'surrounding the scu- 

 tellum and extending downwards at the lateral margin below 

 the shoulders, another transversely shaped spot is placed near 

 the apex, legs tìavous, the anterior ones slightly more elongate, 

 the first joint of the posterior tarsi more elongate than the cor- 

 responding joints of the anterior legs. 



Da Sancurar agli Amarr Burgi. 



This very neatly marked species will not be difficult to distin- 

 guish , the general shape of the insect is more elongate and 

 cylindrical than is generally the case, and the genus Damia 

 would have perhaps been an equally good place for the species, 

 the posterior angles of the thorax are however distinct and not 

 rounded and the anterior legs are only slightly elongate ; the 

 quadrate emargination of the episteme will further assist in 

 the recognition of the species which seems closely allied to 

 G. postica, Lefèv. hut differs in the colour of the antennae 

 leers etc 



