Deoember, 1916^ 2G5 



ON NEW EXOTIC SCEAPTIINA. 



BY G. C. CHAMPION. F.Z.S. 



(Concluded from page 253.) 



31. — Scraftia africana, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather broad, depressed, shining, finely piibes^©^£^f|s|i]g 

 the eyes black ; the head and prothorax densely, finely, the elytra a little more 

 coarsely, punctate. Head strongly transverse, narrowly extended on each side 

 behind the eyes, the latter very large and separated by about half their own 

 width as seen from above, the frontal suture distinct ; antennae moderately long, 

 rather slender, joint 3 longer than 2 and shorter than 4, 4-6 eqvxal in length 

 (the other joints missing) ; apical joint of maxillary palpi rather stout, 

 rounded at the inner apical angle. Prothorax short, semi-circular, nearly as 

 wide as the elytra at the base, with two deep oblique basal foveae, which are 

 connected along the sinuous margin by a sharply defined groove. Elytra very 

 elongate, widening to the middle, and arcuately converging thence to the apex. 

 Legs long, rather stout, the penultimate tarsal joint lobed. Length 6, 

 breadth 2f mm. ( ? ?) 



Hah.: Nyasaland, Mlauje {8. A. Neave: viii-xi.l012). 



One specimen. Not unlike the Bornean *S'. fulva, but with a 

 relatively broader and smoother prothorax, longer, less parallel, wider 

 elytra, and a less angular apical joint to the maxillai\y palpi. Buiphida 

 minor Pic, from Natal, has a narrower apical joint to the niaxillai'y 

 palpi, smaller eyes, shorter elytra, etc. 



:^2. — Scraptia sefipes, n. sp. 



Elongate, robust, moderately shining, rather sparsely pubescent, with a few 

 intermixed longer hairs, these being conspicuous along the lateral margins of 

 the head and prothorax ; nigro-piceous, piceous, or castaneous, the eyes and 

 antennae black, the three basal joints of the latter sometimes ferruginous ; the 

 head and prothorax densely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, asperato-punctate. 

 Head large, broad, convex, extended on each side behind the eyes, the latter 

 large and somewhat narrowly separated, the frontal suture deep ; maxillary 

 palpi stout, the apical joint moderately large, securiform, that of the labial 

 pair extremely broad, its apical side equalhng the width of the mentum ; 

 antennae slender, rather long, filiform, joint 2 short, 3 a little longer in both 

 sexes, 4-11 elongate, sub-equal. Prothorax not much wider than the head, 

 strongly transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, slightly narrowed and 

 sinuate before the base ; the two basal foveae short, triangular, jjlaced near the 

 sharp hind-angles, and connected by the fine marginal groove, the lateral mar- 

 gins distinctly crenulate. Elytra much wider than the prothorax, long, 

 gi-adually narrowed from the base in <J , sixb-parallel in ^ , conjointly rounded 



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