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Head coarsely punctured. Thorax coarsely punctured, disc 

 impressed with about seven large but somewhat shallow fovere, which 

 occupy nearly the whole surface ; sides sinuate behind the middle, 

 diverging from their base to beyond the middle, then converging to 

 the apex ; posterior angles obsolete. Elytra dilated posteriorly, convex, 

 transversely excavated below the basilar space ; surface closely covered 

 with large deep punctui'es. 



Genus Bonesia. 



Corpus anguste oblougum, convexum. Caput exsertum, breve, per- 

 pendiculare ; antennis robustis, ad apicem distincte incrassatis, corporis 

 tertio vix longioribus, articulo primo curvato, a basi ad apicem 

 incrassato, secundo tertioque brevibus, hoc illo fere duplo longiori ; 

 palpis maxillaribus apice globosis ; oculis sub-prominulis, integins. 

 Thorax brevis, transversus, lateribus medio angulatis, disco Isevi, non 

 impresso. Elytra oblonga, thorace latiora, sub-parallela, convexa, confuse 

 punctata. Pedes modice robusti, simplices ; coxis anticis erectis, con- 

 tiguis ; femorihus posticis non incrassatis ; tibiis quatuor posticis apice 

 spina acuta armatis ; palporum posticorum articulo basali duobus 

 sequentibus paullo longiori ; unguiculis appendieulatis. Prosteimum 

 fere obsoletum. 



Type Bonesia Clarkii, n.s. 



Bonesia Clarkii. 



Anguste oblonga, pallide castanea, nitida ; antennis extrorsum 

 nigris ; pleuris, abdominis maculis, femoribus posticis, tarsisque 

 piceis. Long. 5| lin. 



Hab. : Sierra Leone. 



Genus ^thonea. 



Corpus oblongum, convexum. Caput exsertum, perpendiculare ; 

 antennis corporis dimidio longioribus, sub-robustis, ad apicem paullo 

 attenuatis, medio sub-serratis ; articulo primo curvato, a basi ad apicem 

 incrassato, secundo tertioque brevissimis, sequalibus, caeteris leviter 

 compressis, singulis ad apicem in processum acutum antrorsum I 

 productis, articulo tertio elongato, paullo crassiori ; palpis maxil- 

 laribus apice globosis ; oculis prominulis, iutegris. Thorax brevis, 

 transversus, lateribus rotundato-angustatis, disco Igevi. Elytra 

 oblonga, sub-parallela, convexa, confuse punctata. Pedes simplices ; 

 coxis anticis erectis, contiguis ; femorihus posticis non incrassatis ; 



