274 [December, 



or black ; densely, very finely punctate, the elytra with intermixed, slightly 

 coarser punctures on their basal half. Head rather small, transverse, somewhat 

 rounded at the base, depressed in the middle between the eyes, the latter 

 moderately large, distant, the frontal suture traceable ; antennae comparatively 

 stout, not very long, joint 2 short, 3 considerably longer, but shorter than 4, 

 4-11 sub-cylindrical, equal in length. Prothorax transverse, large, semi-circvilar, 

 with two small, deep, basal foveae, and a shallow transverse depression between 

 them. Elytra long, a little wider than the prothorax, sub-parallel in their 

 basal half, and rounded thence to the apex. Legs moderately long, slender ; 

 basal joint of posterior tarsi about one-half longer than the i-est united. 

 Length 5^-6, breadth li-2l mm. ( 9 .) 



Hah.: Natal {ex coll. Pascoe), Maritzburg (Mas. Brit.), Durban 



[type]. 



The above descriptiou is taken from three specimens — one (?) 

 fi'om Maritzburg, much narrower than the others, and in good con- 

 dition, the two labelled " Natal" ( ? ?) more or less discoloured. The 

 intermixed, distinctly coarser punctures on the elytra and the depression 

 on the head are not mentioned by Pic, but there can be no doubt as to 

 the identification of the species. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. 



Fig. 1. Scraptia sagittifera, n. sp., ^ , Tenasserim antea, p. 211 



J, 2. „ jsicitiraf a, n. sp., Queensland ., 241 



„ 3. „ fusconotata, n. sy)., (J , Rio de Janeiro ,, 242 



,, 4, ' „ munit a, n. ST[>., (?, anterior leg, Mexico „ 247 



„ 5. ,, platycephala, n. sp.j^io de Janeiro „ 249 



„ 6. „ quadrisignata, n.si)., Assciln „ 250 



„ 7. „ awgiMZata, n. sp., Nilgiri Hills* „ 251 



„ 8. ,, platydera, n. STp., 'Na.tfd „ 266 



„ 9. „ triangularis, n.s'p.j'Rjio de Janeiro ,. 267 



^, 10. „ somtoities, n. sp., Ega ,, 267 



„ 11. ,, (?) crihripennis,n.sp., $, Cape of Good Hope ... „ 268 

 „ 12. Biophida unicolor Pasc, labial palpi, etc., S. Afi'ica ; 12a, 



maxillary palpi, etc ,, 270 



„ 13. Biophida costata,n.&T^., (^, E.Africa; 13a, tarsal claw „ 272 



„ 14. „ „ $, elytron „ 272 



„ 15. Biophidina (n. gen.) minor Pic, Natal; 15a, 15b, labial and 



maxillary palpi, etc „ 273 



Horsell, Woking : 



December, 1916. 



* Mr. Audrewes has just .scut me another Srraplia from this locality. It agrees with the 

 description of S. panklonotaUi Pic, the type of which was from Darjeeling, and is very closely 

 related to S. angvXata. 



