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short, the lower four or five joints flavous, the others black, 

 terminal joints slightly transversely widened; thorax strongly 

 transverse, the sides nearly straight, the médian lobe acute, pro- 

 duced, the entire suiface vory closely and linely pun'-tured, scutel- 

 lum invisible from above; elytra very convex, Ihe latéral lobes 

 acute, produced, anguhite near the middle, the surface finely punc- 

 tate-striate, flavous, the base wilh a broad transverse black band 

 extending downwards along the suture, gradually narrowed near 

 the apex, the dise with another large round spot below the middle, 

 legs short, the tibiœ widened at the apex; prosternum narrowed 

 anteriorly, deeply concave, the latéral margins strongly carinate, 

 mesosternum narrowly transverse, metaslernum closely punctured. 

 Whether this is the A. improbus of Ghapuis of which no descrip- 

 tion bas been published beyond a few woiiis, I am unable to say, 

 the species ought to be enlirely omitted as it is unrecognisable. In 

 coloration the two spécimens befure me difler greatly and olher 

 variations are no doubt occurring; like A. Hauseri Weise which 

 hasno black markings, the présent insect bas Ihe shape of a SpJucro- 

 derma amongst the IlaUicidœ. 



CHLAMYDIN^. 



CHLAMYS ANDREWESI sp. n. 



Black, the antennse and the legs (the posterior femora excepted) 

 black, thorax finely and closely rugose-punctale, the dise raised, 

 narrowly sulcate at the middle, elytra more strongly and irregularly 

 punctured, with a sinuate transverse ridge near the sides at the 

 middle, another more highly raised near the suture below the first 

 ridge and three or four tubercles near the apex, pygidium finely 

 rugose, obsoletely sulcate at the sides. 



Length 4 1/2 mill. 



Head flat, rugosely punctured throughout, eyes acutely notched, 

 labrum fulvous, antennaî very short, the last seven joints gradually 

 widened; thorax transverse, the latéral mai-gins straight, the middle 

 portion raised into a rounded hump, the top of which is narrowly 

 longitudinally chanelled, at tbe sides this élévation is bounded by 

 a rather deep oblique groove, the entire surface and that of the 

 hump is evenly and closely rugose-punctate, the punctuation at the 

 sides is stronger than that within the latéral grooves, at the top of 

 the élévation some short oblique ridges are seen at the sides of the 

 central sulcation, scutellum transverse, the hind angles strongly 

 produced; elytra much more deeply and coarsely punctured, more 

 shining than the thorax, the middle of the base with a longitudinal 



