260 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notices <if 



Scutellwn broad, rounded at the sides, the apex obtuse, with 

 scattered punctures on each side ; dull black. 



Elytra obliquely narrowed from the shoulders, depressed 

 roimd the scutelhun, the suture elevated posteriorly, with rows 

 of coarse semicircular punctiu'es, those near the suture assuming 

 stria> towards the apex, the punctures at the sides smaller and 

 u-regular, the apex coarsely strigose ; dull black, a broad longi- 

 tudinal stripe on the disc of each from the shoulder to apical 

 callus, dull red ; epimera black coarsely punctured above. 



Pygidivm longitudinally elevated in the centre, very coarsely 

 and irregularly strigose ; dull red. 



Beneath and legs strigose, shining black, sides of the prothorax 

 and apex of the abdomen red ; mesosternal process short, 

 strongly dilated and truncate at the apex ; anterior tibias with 

 tAvo rather obtuse lateral teeth. 



Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa. 



Only two or three specimens of this very distinct species were 

 taken by Mr. Simons ; it is allied to 2\ JVapaea, Bhn. 



Frotaetia advena, n. sp. 



P. olivaceo-ferruginea, opaca ; capite cupreo, nitido ; thorace 

 lateribus maculisque quatuor ochraceis ; elytris piuictis lineolisque 

 plurimis ochraceis; sulitus cuprea ochraceo-varia. Long. 15 

 mm. 



Head finely piuictured, the punctures rather close at the 

 base and on the forehead, but sparse on the clypeus, the centre 

 slightly longitudinally elevated ; clypeus slightly narrowed in 

 front, the sides elevated, apical margin strongly tiuned up, 

 rounded at the angles ; greenish cupreous, shining, the base 

 slightly opaque. 



Thorax obliquely nan-owed from the l)ase, the posterior 

 angles strongly rounded, basal margin trisiuuous ; finely, sparsely 

 and indistinctly prmctured, the punctiu-es closer and rhorc distinct 

 at the sides ; opaque olive-green, the centre and margins slightly 

 ferrugineous, two small spots placed obliquely on each side of 

 the disc behind the middle, a narrow lateral border and some 

 irregular contiguous spots near the posterior angles ochreous- 

 white. 



Scutellwn broad, strongly rounded at the apex, finely punc- 

 tured on each side at the base ; opaque olive-green. 



