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A NEW AND EXOTIC ANTHRIBID FROM KEW GARDENS. 

 BT W. E. SHARP, F.E.S. 



I recently received from the Director of the lioyal Botanic 

 Gardens at Kevv an Anthribid beetle of singular and even menacing 

 aspect, which had been found associated with the seeds ot" a Lily 

 imported from the Tanganyika region of South-East Africa. The 

 insect appeared to belong to the genus Exechesops, Schonh. {Lycjse- 

 nodes, Pasc.) ; but as it widely differs from any species of that genus 

 in the Bi-itish Museum collections, I submitted it to Dr. K. Jordan, 

 who has specially studied the group and described many of its species. 

 As he assures me that the species is undoubtedly new to science, 

 I describe it as follows : — 



EXECHESOPS JOliDANI, Sp. n. 

 V' .—B runneo-nigra, rostro dense, elytris variatim fliivo-brunneo pubes- 

 centibus ; his nigro maculatis et strialis, antennis tarslsqtie nigris, tibiis 

 nigro-brunneis. 



Rostrum longius et magis cequalitcr e base ad apicem angustatum qiiam 

 in specie E. inonstrosus dicta. Oculi puulo magis longitudine quam latituline 

 extensi, ad antennas parum truncati, hand sinuati, distincte pedunculati, 

 pedunculo breviore quam in mare E. moustrosi, sed magis longiore quam in 

 femina. Antennarum articulus 2"*, 3° et 4° simul, longior. Pronotum ter 

 transverse carinatum, pro statura magis latius quam in E. monstroso. 

 Elytra, tertio solo interspatio basifortiter cristato, humeris prominentibus ... 



Long., 9 mm. 

 E. seminibus lilii, Tauganyka, Africa. 



There are but five other species of Exechesops at present known 

 to science. Two of these, E. diopsideus, Westw., and E. loollastoni, 

 Pasc, are from Borneo ; two others, E. horni, Jord., and E. molitor, 

 Jord., from Ceylon ; while hitherto but one species, E. inonstrosus, 

 Pasc, with which 1 have compared the present insect, was known to 

 inhabit Africa. 



E. jordani is very much larger than any of these forms, and 

 differs from its nearest ally in the particulars given above. 



1 have great pleasure in dedicating the species to my friend, 

 Dr. K. Jordan, without whose kind assistance I should have hesitated 

 to attempt its diagnosis. 



9, Queen's Road, South Norwood, S.E. : 

 September 1th, 1909. 



