10 [J^nt^.- 



cles moderately elevated, divergent, apices not produced : palpi slender, 

 pointed. Thoracic lateral tubercles median, conical, more or less 

 pointed. Elytra obtuse or subtruncated at the apex. Prosternum 

 arcuated, simple ; mesosternum either simple, declivous, or vertical in 

 front, plane behind. Legs moderate, middle tibise with tubercle and 

 groove near the middle of their outer edge. 



Antennae, (^ , one-half longer than the body, scape nearly as in 

 Monohammus, cicatrice scabrous, completely enclosed with a sharp 

 carina, 3rd joint longer than the scape, 4th a little shorter, 5 — 10 

 gradually decreasing, 11th longest of all. ? . As in (J, except that 

 they are shorter and the third joint is thickened towards the apex 

 into a stout elongate club, clothed with black hairs. 



The elougate-clavate form of the 3rd antennal joint appears 

 to be a peculiarity of the ? (at least it is so in one of the 

 species), of the other two only females are known. The vertical 

 mesosternum of the first species described is the only structural dif- 

 ference I can detect between it and the other two, and all agree in 

 facies and clothing. The genus has very little in common with Bho- 

 dopis, in which the 3rd antennal joint is similarly clavate, and appears 

 to be allied to Domitia (Thoms.), which has, however, simple middle 

 tibise. 



Melanopolia peenata, n. sp. 



Shining black ; a tomentose hoary belt across the forehead below the eyes, con- 

 tinued on each side along the cheeks and the flanks of the thorax to the middle base 

 of the elytra, and thence curving to the suture at about one-third the length, dis- 

 solving into confluent spots ; similar confluent spots scattered over the remainder off 

 the elytra. Antennae with joints 3 — 10 ringed with grey at their bases ; sides of the 

 body beneath and legs thinly clothed with short hoary pile. Thorax with broad I 

 conical lateral tubercles, disc a little depressed and uneven, sparingly punc- 

 tured. Elytra briefly sinuate-truncate at the apex, finely and rather widely? 

 punctured, chiefly in lines, throughout, and faintly bicostate. Mesosternum vertical 1 

 in front. Antennee, $ , with the 3rd joint towards the apex very slightly thickened j )! 

 $ , much thickened, and clothed with brush-like black hairs. Long. 16 mm., <? $ , 



Gaboon. 



Melanopolia earinosa, n. sp. 



Black ; a grey tomentose belt across the forehead below the eyes, continued 1 

 along the cheeks, lower flanks of the thorax, and the sides of the breast ; two grey \ 

 vittse on the vertex, continued to the thorax, curving respectively on each side of thei 

 disc, and meeting on the hind margin ; the elytra speckled with grey tomentum i^ 

 which condenses in larger patches at the base of the suture (including the scutel- 

 lum), and on the sides near the middle and the apex. Thorax with strong acute e 

 lateral tubercles, the disc depressed, uneven, and coarsely punctured. The elytra* 

 obtusely truncated at the apex, punctulate throughout, partly in lines. Mesosternumn 

 simple, arcuated : body beneath grey. 



