GYRETES SCAPHIDIFORMIS. 69 



as far as the three fourths; uudersurface of the body with 

 the sides of the sternum , the first abdominal segment and 

 the base of the second one of a beautiful black , which is 

 well marked off against the yellow colour of the other por- 

 tions; finally the anterior tibiae are black, not yellowish, 

 and their outer apical" angle is less acute and somewhat 

 more curved outwards. 



Hab. Natal : South Africa (Finsch). — A single specimen. 



11. Gyretes scap hidiformis , sp. n. 



Long. 6^/2 — 7 mm. — Ovatus, brevis, valde convexus; 

 supra nitidissimus , coeruleo-niger , infra piceo-uiger; pec- 

 tore medio et abdominis segmentis (praeter primum) rufo- 

 ferrugineis , pedibus et epipleuris rufis ; prothorace ad la- 

 tera , latius autice , punctato-tomentoso ; elytris postice fer- 

 rugineo stricte vix limbatis , anguste ad latera , latius ad 

 apicem et usque ad extremam suturam punctato-tomentosis , 

 fere recte truncatis , angulis rectis , hand deletis. cf tibiis 

 anticis angulo externo recto ; tarso parum dilatato , tibia 

 paulo angustiore. 



Very closely allied to Gyretes morio Aube, but a little 

 larger , shorter and more convex ; tomentous border of the 

 elytra widening out somewhat more suddenly posteriorly 

 and only towards the two thirds of their length. This 

 border - only reaches the suture at a very short distance 

 before the apex; the truncation hardly oblique; undersur- 

 face of the body black, with the middle of the sternum 

 and the abdomen (with the exception of the first segruent) 

 of a more or less reddish ferrugineous color , whereas the 

 entire undersurface is ferrugineous in morio. In the cT 

 the anterior tibiae are but little dilated , the outer angle is 

 rectangular and only slightly projecting ; the tarsus is very 

 slightly dilated and a little less broad than the tibia. 



Hab. Bogota : Columbia (van Lansberge). — A (ƒ and a Q. 



The Leyden Museum moreover possesses a cT individual 

 (also from Columbia) which I can as yet only arrange un- 



JSotes from the I^eyden IMuseiim, Vol. IV, 



