the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (99) 475 



the process is broad and emarginate; antennae very short, third 

 joint elongate equal to the three following. Eyes finely granu- 

 lated, first ventral segment with a raised line as in Coccinella, 

 following the movement of the coxa. 



PalaBolybas andreae,* sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, valde convexus, rufus; capita thoraceque 

 crebre punctatus, hoc trans verso, lateribus rotundatis, angulis 

 posticis obtusis, lateribus marginatis, basi in medio lobato; elytris 

 tenue punctato-striatis, interstitiis sparse punctulatis, lateribus 

 marginatis, callo humerali prominente, fascia basali (externe 

 hitiore) punctisque 2 transverse positis pone medium nigris ; corpore 

 subtus punctato (prosterno excepto), elytrorum epipleuris con- 

 cavis. L. 4 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Palseolybas humeralis,* sp. n. 



P. muirece siniillimus, sed minor, totus rufus (puncto hiimerali 

 nigro), minus crebre punctatus, tibiisque minus fortiter dilatatis. 

 L. 3 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Palaeolybas nigripesnis, sp. n. 



P. cmdrece proximus, sed paulo minor, elytris totis nigris, 

 thorace convexiore, nitidiore, parcius punctato. L. 3jlin. 



My specimen is marked "India," but there is no doubt it is a 

 W. African insect and not impossibly identical with the 2 pi-evious 

 species, 



Palseolybas coccinelloides, sp. n. 



Subhemisphericus, Isete sanguineo-rufus, cajiite thoraceque 

 crebre punctatis, hoc convexo lateribus marginatis subrectis; 

 elytris punctato-striatis interstitiis subtiliter punctulatis, nigris, 

 macula sat magna discoidali rufa (paulo ante medium posita). 

 L. 2} lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray), Natal. 



Xestus. 



Woll. Cat. Can. Col. 420 {tup. throscoides, Woll.). 



Xestus throscoides.* 



Xestus throscoides, WoU. Cat. Can. Col. 421. 



, Bedel, Abeille, v. 43, 



Teneriife. 



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