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(Hum, maculaque subapicali rotundata supra interstitia 5 — 

 8va flavo-testaceis : capite nitido , sparsissime punctulato : 

 thorace elongato , angusto , lateribus postice longius angu- 

 stato angulisque basalibus subrectis, toto crebre ac grosse 

 punctato, fovea basali utrinque elongata et augusta: scu- 

 tellutu laevissinium ; elytris augustissirae subovatis versus ba- 

 sin gradatim angustatis , basi angustis , humeris distincte 

 angulatis et niarginatis, profuude punctato-striatis intersti- 

 tiis convexis et grosse subbiseriatim puuctatis , puuctis in- 

 terdum pupillatis. Prosternuni apice parce setosum, passim 

 cum meso- et metasterui lateribus sparsim grosse puncta- 

 tum. Metasterui episterua latissima et brevia; venter medio 

 la3vissimus. Antennae elongatse, articulis 4 — 6 magis, cas- 

 teris minus, dilatatis , 3io quam 4to duplo longiori. Palpi 

 9 paullo dilatati apice truncati : labrum recte truncatum. 

 — Long. 14 mil lira. Q. 



Variat elytris immaculatis. 



A female of the typical form from Humpata, and a ditto 

 of the var. from Benguella (Veth & van der Keilen). 



Chlcenius Sykesii Hope, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. Vol. 1. 

 p. 13. fig., from Poonah, India, belongs also to the 

 section or subgenus Homalolachnus. It appears to have 

 escaped the notice both of Chaudoir and the authors of 

 the Munich Catalogue. 



Anisodactylus abaculus, nov. spec. 



Sat late oblongus, mediocriter convexus , niger nitidus , 

 palpis anteunisque obscure rufis (scapo paullo latius rufo) : 

 thorace transversim quadrato, lateribus fere aaqualiter rotun- 

 datis, angulis anticis sat productis, posticis obtusissimis fere 

 rotundatis, basi utrinque vage impresso fere lsevi: elytris 

 acute striatis, striis fundo minute punctulatis , interstitiis vix 

 convexis 3io versus apicem 2 — 4-punctato: metasterno la- 

 teribus punctulato: pedibus cum tarsis nigris politis. — c? 

 tarsi intermedii parum dilatati , articulis 2 — 4 dense bre- 

 viter erecte pilosis. — Long. 15 millim. cf , Q. 



Notes from, the Leyden Museum, Vol. XI. 



