142 EROTYLIDAE. 



islands. The former is a West African insect, and can at 

 once be distinguished by the punctuation of the elytra 

 which is quite devoid of seriation or striae. From E. dif- 

 flcilis this species is very easily distinguished by the longer 

 form and duller surface , by the closer punctuation of the 

 thorax, by the elytral series being composed of nume- 

 rous confused small punctures, with thick but minute in- 

 terstitial punctuation , and finally by the narrower and 

 more indented red fasciae, which are contracted as they 

 approach the suture. The antennae are longer than in E. 

 dijjicilis, joints 4 — 7 being oval, nodiform but longer 

 than wide ; 8 squarish , and the three terminal forming a 

 rather laxly jointed club. 



I have long had five specimens in my collection, and 

 there are others in other collections obtained at the same 

 time. The African species , although superficially resembling 

 Oriental ones, really belongs to a very different section; 

 the description above given should be taken with that of 

 E. difflciUs for a complete comprehension of these species. 



Episcaphula? corallipes, n. sp. 



Oblonga , convexa , glaberrima , nigra ; thoracis angulis 

 anticis antennisque picescentibus , elytris macula obliqua 

 humerum subcingente, lunulaque subapicali laete auran- 

 tiacis, pedibus rufis. — Long. 13 millim. 



Hab. Amboina (Hoedt). — One specimen. 



Yery close to Episcaphula ohliquesignata Crotch and 

 E. sublcevis Crotch , from both which it diff'ers however in 

 many important respects ; the thorax is more transverse 

 and its sides narrow more in front , and the front angles 

 are a little more turned inwards , besides being for some 

 distance lucid and pitchy. The antennae are shorter, with 

 the fourth to eighth joints not longer than wide, nodi- 

 form. The prosternum is keeled as in E. siiblaevis, but it 

 is much more shining, not thickly punctured on each side 



Notes from thie Ley den Museum, "Vol. X. 



