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but moderately widened. Antennae short, with their club 

 connate, and the three joints very much wider than those 

 preceeding, and faintly oblique. Tibiae angularly widened 

 and setose on their outer edge, sometimes (e. g. A. sene- 

 galensis Lac.) suddenly widened so as to seem dentiform. 

 Metasternal- and abdominal lines not much impressed , the 

 latter sometimes carinate. Femora wide and compressed, deeply 

 grooved for the reception of the tibiae on their inner edge. 



I propose this new genus for the African species which 

 have been placed in Amhlyopus by Lacordaire and Crotch , 

 and which differ in many respects from the eastern Amblyopia 

 some of the species very much present the appearance of 

 Triplax, from having black elytra with red head and 

 thorax. 



Amblyscelis Ke 1 1 e ni, n. sp. 



Oblongus, subparallelus , ferrugineus , parum nitidus, 

 elytris crebre punctatis , striolatis , nigro-fuscis , callo hu- 

 merali , margine epipleurali et apice rufescentibus. — Long. 

 5 millim. 



Hab. West Africa: Humpata, one example (P. J. van 

 der Keilen). 



Head and thorax thickly punctured; the former with 

 the front prominent , slightly emarginate , labrum distinct ; 

 the latter transverse, with the front margin straight, 

 front angles very little produced but deflexed; hardly 

 wider at the base than in front. Elytra densely punctate, 

 rather deeply striate , the striae with small , irregular , 

 and closely-packed punctures , eight striae are distinct , 

 the third and fourth unite near the apex, as do the 

 fifth and sixth. Scutellum , underside, antennae and legs 

 entirely rusty-red. The entire body beneath is strongly 

 punctured. Abdominal lines distinct , plicate , forming a 

 carina nearly across the segment. 



Notes from the Xjeyden IVIiiseviiii, Vol. X. 



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