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Arthrolips Senegalensis. 



A. Stne(i(ileitsis, Matthews, Ann. and Mag. N. Hist., 18B7, p. 107. 



L. c. y'b lin. = 1'12 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, sat angustus, valde convexus, 

 nitidua, pilis aureis sat longis den.se vestitus, rufescens, elytris pone humeros 

 faticiatim obscuratis ; pmnoto sat pai'vo, rufescenti, antice ovaliter rotundato, et 

 modice reflexo, levissime sed confertim punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, linea 

 basali obsoleta, margine basali vix sinuata, an^ulis sat acutis ; elytris prouoto vix 

 latioiibuH, plus quam diiplo longioribus, prope humeros latissimis, rufeseeutibus, 

 pone liumeros fasciatim obscuratis, in humeris levissime, postice profunde punctatis, 

 lateribus marginatis, apieibus vix rotundatis ; pygidio exserto, rufescenti ; pedibus 

 robustis, Isete flavis ; anteunis parvis, gracilibus, flavis. 



Body oblong-oval, rather narrow, very convex, shining, thickly clotlied with rather 

 long golden hair, rufcsc-ent, with the elytra marked with a transverse dusky 

 band before the middle. 



Head small, flavescent ; eyes small ; antennse rather short and slender, yellow, 

 club not much incrassated. 



Thorax rather small and short, rufescent, ovally rounded, and moderately reflexed 

 in front, very finely and closelj' punctured, with the interstices smooth and 

 shining, basal line obsolete, basal margin scarcely siuuated, with the angles 

 rather acute. 



Sciitcllum moderate, subtriangular. 



Elytra scarcely broader, but more than twice longer than the thorax, widest near 

 the shoulders, rufescent, with a transverse dusky baud before the middle, very 

 finely punctured on the shoulders and deeply punctured beyond the middle, 

 sides margined and nearly straight, extremities scarcely rounded. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, rufescent. 



Leys very robust, bright yellow. 



Under jxirts rufo-testaceous. 



Differs from A. sujf'usus in its smaller size, narrower form, smaller thorax, shorter 

 and more slender antennae, and peculiar sculpture of the elytra. 



Habitat, Africa. Found in Senegal. 



In the collection of the British Museum, one specimen. 



Arthrolips splendens. 



{Saciian) splendens, iSchwarz, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 357, 1878. 



L. c. j\r lin.=0"75 mm.— Oblongo-ovalis, angustus, modice convexus, nitidis- 

 simus, pilorum fere expers, sat leviterpunctulatus, castaneus, pronoto fascia angusta 

 huuierali, attjue fascia lata prope media elytrorum davis ; prouoto parvo, antice 

 ovaliter rotundato, modice rellexo et pellucido, Havescenti, ad latera plus miuusve 

 obscurato, sat leviter et sat remote punctulato, interstitiis glabris, nitidissimis, linea 

 basali modica, margine basali fere recta, angulis rectis ; elytris angustis, pronoto 

 vix latioribus, duplo longioribus, lateribus fere parallelis, leviter punctulatis, inter- 

 stitiis levissime alutaceis, nitidissimis, castaneis, fasciii angusta ad humeros, alia 

 latii prope media, atque apieibus extremis flavis, lateribus flavis, fortiter marginatis, 

 apieibus latis I'otundatis ; pedibus atque anteunis laete flavis. 



Body oblong-oval, narrow, moderately convex, very shining, almost void of hair, 

 finely punctured, castaneous, with the thorax, a narrow fascia on the shoulders, 

 and a broad fascia near the middle of the elytra yellow. 



Head small, flavescent ; antenna' bright yellow. 



