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Neio species o/Clerid.e and otlier Golenptera from Madagascar ] 

 by Chas. O. Wateriiouse. 



The species, described in this papei* have recently been received 

 by the British Museum from Antananarivo, and were collected 

 by Mr. Kingdon, with the exception of Lissaulicus Irevis, which 

 is from Fianarantsoa, and was brought by Mr. Shaw. 



PARNIDiE. 



Potamophilus ahdominalis. 



Elongatus, parallelus, opacus, nigrescens; thorace trapezoidali, 

 subtiliter confertim punctato, autice liueu impressu, angulis 

 posticis acutis, elytria sat fortiter punctato-striatis, ad apicem 

 arcuatim angustatis, apice ipso oblique truncato, pedibus basi 

 tarsisque plus minusve piceis, abdomine late concavo, segmentis 

 piceo-marginatis, Long. 4^ lin. 



An elongate, narrow species, with very long legs, closely allied 

 to P. africamis, Bohem. The thorax is relatively less ti-ausverse 

 than in that species, about one-third broader than long, obliquely 

 narrowed in front, gently convex, the anterior impressed line is 

 more angular in the middle than in P. africanus, and there is / 



a cuneiform impression posteriorly, the anterior angles are a ' ' 



little greater than right angles, the posterior angles are acute, 

 but do not diverge as in africamis. The elytra are very long, 

 a little narrower in the middle than at the base, rather strongly 

 punctate-striate, the intervals moderately convex, irregularly and 

 extremely finely punctured, the apex of each elytron is obliquely 

 triincate, the angles not dentiform. 



CLERID.E. 



Cladiscns rugosvs. 



Niger, nitidus, rugosus, parce pilosus ; elytris thorace fere 

 duplo latioribus, abdomine piceo. Long. 4^ lin. 



Head broad, with a transverse impi'cssion between the eyes, 

 the forehead raised in tlie middle, the neck witli some small 



