106 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices of 



on each side. Beneath pitchy-red, shining, the .^^ides broadly 

 marked with white; mesosternal process long and bent down- 

 wards ; legs red, outer sides of the femora Avith a large white 

 patch. Length 1 G mm. 

 Zambesi (Bradshaw). 



Vei'y near to G. trivittata, Swed., but differs in its broader 

 and shorter form, closely punctured thorax, in having the meso- 

 sternal process oblique and not incurved at its apex, and the 

 punctuation of the clypeus irregularly confluent instead of form- 

 ing longitudinal stria; as in that species. 



Scyth-opesthes tricolor, n. sp. 



Black, shining, elytra pitchy-red, darker at the sides, the apex 

 black, sides of the thorax, a broad transverse band on the elytra, 

 liehind the middle, narrowed and interrupted at the suture, a 

 central spot on the pygidium, and the exposed portions of the 

 raeta-coxfB, yellow. Head rather sparsely punctured; clypeus 

 slightly rounded at the sides, the margins elevated and slightly 

 emarginate at the apex. Thorax convex, obtu-^ely angulatod at 

 the sides, posterior angles rounded, the base slightly emarginate 

 before the scutellum, sides sparsely punctured, with a large 

 shallow fovea close to the margin, and a deep transverse impres- 

 sion on each side in front. Scutellum elongate, impunctate, 

 the sides impressed. Elytra depressed, rounded at the apex and 

 slightly produced at the sutural angles, sparbely and irregularly 

 punctiu'ed, the apex finely strigose. Pygidium irregularly stri- 

 gose at the base and sides, the centre almost smooth. Beneath 

 with the thoracic segments and coxa? coarsely strigose and 

 spai-sely pubescent, the outer margin of the meta-coxa; sv.'olleu 

 and glabrous; mesosternal process short, naarowed but obtuse 

 at its ajiex; abdomen with coarse contkient punctures at the 

 sides, and a slight longitudinal central impression ; legs coarsely 

 j)Uiictur(!d and sparsely pubescent, anterior tibia^ with one dis- 

 tinct lateral tooth and the apex acute, intermediate and posterior 

 tibia; with one acute tooth in the middle, and a fringe of long 

 black hairs on the inner side. Length 20 mm. 



S. Africa ? 



The unique male of which I have given a description above, 

 is from the collection of the late A. Turner, and although it 

 is indicated as coming from Bengal I think, from its close 



