Sjyccics of African iTalticinie and Gahrucinie. 47 



obscure piceous patch, elytra very finely rugosely punctured, 

 testaceous. Length 5-7 millim. 



Head flattened and rather long, impunctate, obscure fulvous, 

 clypeus with an acute central ridge, antennse extending below the 

 middle of the elytra ( J ), the intermediate joints moderately widened, 

 terminal ones tapering, third joint slightly shorter than the fourth ; 

 thorax subquadrate, the sides strongly rounded at tlie middle and 

 widened, the disc very finely punctured, with a short obsolete, 

 triangular depression near the anterior margin and stained with an 

 obsolete, piceous patch at the middle, scutellum broad, pale jjiceous, 

 elytra of paler colour than the thorax, finely rugosely punctured, legs 

 rather robust, the femora fulvous, the tibiae and tarsi black, the 

 breast and abdomen testaceous, the edge of the abdominal segments 

 black. 



Hal. Bredersdorp, E. Africa. 



Principally distinguished by the widened and rounded 

 sides of the thorax, which resembles that of M. lohemani, 

 Baly, from which the colour of the antennae and legs 

 farther separate the species ; the female has much shorter 

 antennae and the depression of tlie thorax is deeper. 



Megalognatlia loeisci, sp. n. 



Very elongate and robust, obscure dark testaceous, the antennas, 

 legs and the coxse black, thorax subquadrate, strongly and closely 

 punctured, elytra finely rugose and punctured. Length 11 millim. 



Head rugose at the vertex, frontal elevations highly raised, tri- 

 gonate, clypeus triangular, smootli, deflexed, antenna3 extending to 

 the end of the elytra in the male, black, all the joints elongate, the 

 third more than twice as long as the second ; thorax subquadrate, 

 one-half broader than long, the sides very feebly rounded at the 

 middle, the angles acute, the disc strongly and almost rugosely 

 punctured, slightly depressed anteriorly at each side, with a narrow, 

 less closaly punctured short space, scutellum broad, with some fine 

 punctures ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, jDarallel, very 

 closely and finely rugose and punctured, the sutural margins 

 narrowly raised, legs black, very elongate, the first joint of the tarsi 

 broadly widened, the anterior ones much more elongate than the 

 others. 



Eah. UsAMBARA, Nguelo. 



I only know of a single specimen of this species, one of 

 the largest of the genus, and resembliug in that respect 

 M. usambarica,y^ei&e, but with testaceous (not black) under- 



