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



sparsely punctured. Scutellum witli scattered coarse punctures, 

 black, the centre red. Elytra pale ochreous-yellow, the suture 

 and apex black, coarsely punctured, the disc with several 

 irregular rows of punctures. Pygidium reddish-testaceous, 

 blackish at the base, finely strigose. Underside shining black, 

 the apical and the posterior margin of the penviltimate segment 

 of the abdomen red; metasternum with very coarse confluent 

 punctures at the sides, the centre deeply impressed, mesosternal 

 process short and rather obtuse, coarsely punctured at its base; 

 legs red, knees and tarsi pitchy, anterior tibiae narrow and 

 Avithout lateral teeth, intermediate and jsosterior tiljiae strongly 

 constricted beyond tlie middle on the outer sides, and fringed 

 inwardly with yellow hair. Length 15 mm. 



Natal. 



Closely allied to M. umhonata, G.P., but of a much more 

 parallel form, more convex, with the scutellum coarsely punc- 

 tured, the thorax and elytra more strongly punctured, the 

 mesosternal process very much shorter and strongly punctured 

 at its base, and the intermediate and posterior tibiae, especially 

 the former, more constricted before the apex and with larger 

 lateral teeth. 



Melinesthes serripes, n. sp. 



Elongate, sub-parallel ; reddish-testaceous, shining ; two small 

 spots at the base of the head, two large discoidal, posteriorly 

 dilated, marks on the thorax and a small spot on each side of 

 the scutellum black ; elytra straw-yellow, the basal, sutural and 

 apical margins and humeral callosities chesnut-red. Head 

 slightly convex in the centre, closely punctured, the punctures 

 larger but less close towai-ds the base ; clypeus elongate, the 

 apical margin narrowly reflexed and slightly emarginate. Thorax 

 moderately rounded at the tides in the middle, the base oblique 

 on each side and shallowly emarginate in the centre before the 

 scutellum; closely and coarsely punctnred, the punctures con- 

 fluent and forming striae at the sides in front. Scutellum large, 

 with coarse scattered punctures, the sides impressed and the 

 apex acute. Elytra rather spai-sely and finely punctured with 

 rows of large variolose punctures on the disc, the apex strigose, 

 the suture elevated behind and slightly produced at the apex. 

 Pygidium slightly convex, finely strigose. Beneath coarsely 

 strigose and piuictato, with sparse grey pubescence; mesosternal 

 process short, broad and somewhat flattened, its apex very 

 obtuse; abdomen Avith a shallow longitudinal impression'. Legs 



