148 Mr. 0. E. Janson's Notices of 



the eyes, centre of the forehead smooth ; clypeus strongly im- 

 pressed on each side, convex and sparsely punctured in the 

 centre, very deeply emarginate in front, the apex and the tips of 

 the antennae reddish. Tliorax short, transverse, strongly dilated 

 in the middle, the disc very sparsely and finely punctured, the 

 sides and apex with irregular coarse and fine punctures inter- 

 mixed, a t^hallow fovea on each side close to the margin, the 

 base slightly emarginate before the scutellum, anterior angles a 

 little produced. Scutellum elongate, almost impunctate, the 

 apex obtuse. Elytra strongly and abruptly constricted behind 

 the shoulders, rounded at the apex, the disc with four very deep 

 irregularly interrupted striae, the inner two nearest together, 

 the interstices convex and smooth; sides and apex very sparsely 

 and finely punctured, the base with a short deep longitudinal 

 impression near the scutellum, and a very strong oblique 

 impression just within the humeral prominence. Pygidium 

 somcAvhat produced, with coarse irregular setiferous punc- 

 tures; dorsal segments of the abdomen exposed at the sides and 

 apex, very finely and closely strigose. Beneath coarsely punc- 

 tured ; mesosternal process short, broad and rounded at the 

 apex. Legs with very coarse setiferous punctures, anterior 

 tibiae somewhat constricted on the inner side near the apex, the 

 outer margin with two tolerably strong teeth ; posterior tibiae 

 with one acute tooth. Length 21 mm. 

 Majunga, N.W. INIadagascar. 



Allied to A. repuhlicana, Coq., but of a narrower and more 

 elongate form, with the head and thorax, especially the latter, 

 much more sparsely and finely punctured, the elytra flatter and 

 and more abruptly defiexed at the sides and apex, and differently 

 sculptured, the scutellum narrower, the mesosternal process 

 shorter, narrower and more rounded at the apex, and the ante- 

 rior tibiae more slender ; the thorax is also narroAver at the base, 

 causing the lateral angles to l)e more prominent. The characters 

 given by Kraatz to distinguish his genus Coquerelia from 

 Anochilia are evidently not of generic A^alue, as they almost 

 entirely fail in this species. 



Coptomia villosnla, u. sp. 

 $ Deep black, shining, slightly opalescent above; head and 

 thorax thickly clothed Avith short erect black liairs, underside 

 and legs Avith fine grey pubescence. Head closely and finely 

 punctured on each side at the base, a central elevated longitu- 

 dinal line smooth, more sparsely punctured in front; clypeus 

 sub-quadrate, slightly Avidened in front, the apex rounded and 

 rather deeply emarginate in the centre. Thorax very closely, 



