NEW EXOTIC COLEOPTEBA. 67 



especially at the posterior border of the discoidal excavation : the 

 base itself is not punctured. Scutellum striolate. Elytra parallel for 

 two thirds of their length, then a little narrowed to the apex, 

 which is obtuse ; suturai region Hat , obliquely vermiculate-striolate , 

 the flattened region bounded on the outer side by a carina , which 

 does not extend to the apex. Towards the side there is an indication 

 of a second carina, the surface between the dorsal carina and the 

 sublateral one less obliquely striolate : some very fine striolaj may 

 also be traced on the sides : the apex is dull and has some very 

 fine elongate punctui'es. The abdomen has some deep , elongate , 

 longitudinal punctures on each side of the middle of the four basal 

 segments. Pygidium transversely quadrate, opaque. All the tibiae 

 are simple, but the posterior are shorter and broader than in 

 T. Schaumii ». 



Habitat Zulu. In mus. Britann. 



PI. 3. fig. 6. Anterior leg. 

 » 7. Posterior leg. 



Sect. STERNOXA. 



L a m e S i s nov. gen. 



Inter Coleoptera Sternoxa hoc genus novum generi ì¥é?^«*ì maxime 

 affine videtur. 



Corpus elongatum angustum, fere parallelum, supra depressum , 

 coriaceo-punctatissimum seu granulosum. Caput breve , transversum , 

 antice rotundatum; os parvum, medium faciei inferae capitis occu- 

 pante; palpis minutis, subfiliformibus , labialibus postico reflexis. 

 Antennae longitudine prothoracis œquales, graciles, il-articulatse ; 

 articulo 2do et 8 sequentibus ramum elongatum gracilem emitten- 

 tibus; limo elongato. Prothorax transverso-quadratus , capite pauUo 

 latior, lateribus parum rotundatis, angulis posticis lateralibus trun- 

 catis , nee lateraliter nee retro extensis. Prosternum postice in spinam 

 planam, baud pronoto longiorem terminatum. Scutellum parvum 

 semicirculare. Elytra elongata, depressa, postice rotundata. Meso- 

 sternum breve, inter pedes intermedios pauUo impressum. Meta- 



