240 tOctober, 1916. 



palpi large, sub-cultrif orm ; antennae rather slender, about half the length of the 

 body, joints 2 and 3 short, sub-equal, together longer than 4, 4-10 sub-filiform. 

 Prothorax strongly transverse, as wide as the elytra at the base, arcuately 

 narrowing from near the rectangular hind angles, the basal foveae shallow, the 

 disc strongly sulcata down the middle posteriorly. Elytra moderately long, 

 parallel at the base, slightly widened below this, and arcuately narrowed 

 posteriorly. Legs slender ; penultimate tarsal joint small, the basal joint of 

 the posterior pair longer than the others vmited. Length 2y\y, breadth 

 1 mm. ( $ ) 



Hab.: W. Africa, Asliautee (ex coll. Sharp: type), Sierra 

 Leone (ex coll. Bowrincj). 



Described from a perfect specimen from Ashantee , another ( ? ), 

 fi'om Sierra Leone, with the head somewhat injured, doubtless belongs to 

 the same species. Nearly related to -S'. fuscnia Miill., but wholly testa- 

 ceous, and with the elytra relatively shorter and much more coarsely 

 punctured, the last mentioned chai-acters also separating the present 

 insect from the S. African *S'. iiatalis. The difference in the punctur- 

 ing of the prothorax compared with that of the elytra is usually well 

 marked. 



9. — Scraptia nigricornis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, rather broad, shining, some^vhat thickly pubescent ; 

 black or piceous, the margins of the prothorax, and the elytra, femora, and tibiae, 

 brown or reddish-brown ; densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate. 

 Head rather small, transverse, sub-triangular, well developed behind the eyes, 

 the latter separated by more than their own width as seen from above ; 

 terminal joint of maxillary palpi stout, securiform ; antennae rather short and 

 stout, joints 2 and 3 short, sub-eqixal, 4-11 moderately long. Prothorax very 

 short, about twice as broad as long, rounded at the sides, narrowed anteriorly, 

 somewhat rounded and feebly sinuate at the base, the two basal foveae only 

 just traceable and connected by the fine marginal groove, the disc canaliciilate 

 down the middle. Elytra broad, x-ather convex, moderately elongate, gradually 

 widened in their basal half, and narrowed thence to the apex, the transverse 

 depression below the base deep (the apical portion thixs appearing convex). 

 Legs slender, the femora moderately thickened ; penultimate tarsal joint lobed, 

 the basal joint of the posterior pair not half the length of the tibiae. Length 

 4^, breadth 2 mm. ( ? .) 



Hah.: Brazil, Sao Paulo (Fry). 



Described from a single, fairly perfect, example, assumed to be a 



$ . Another specimen, from Rio de Janeiro, with the antennal joints 



from the fourth onwards much longer, and the third smaller than the 



second, and the elytra more coarsely punctate, and with a faint 



aeneous lustre, is apparently a male of the same species ; a third. 



