320 Mr. r. P. Pascoe on some new or Uttle-knoivn 



apex ; antennas as long as the breadth of the head behind, the first 

 joint punctured, the rest glabrous with a few hairs only on the club ; 

 prothorax shining black with the anterior angles obtuse, the sides 

 rounded rapidly to the base, the posterior angle nearly obsolete, covered 

 with oblong punctures, those at the side only gi-anulated ; scutellum 

 transverse, with 6-8 punctures in two rows ; elytra dull black, seriate- 

 punctate, the punctures coarse, oblong, and in double lines, the inter- 

 vals smooth, and slightly elevated ; femora and tibiae simply punctured ; 

 body beneath pitchy black with granulated pimctures. Length 7 lines. 



Melamhia ynemnonia. 



M. subelongata, atra ; prothorace transverse, disco subplanato, antice 

 incrassato, basi lata, angulis posticis acutis ; elytris obscure fuscis. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Subelongate, black ; head covered with rather closely set, oblong, 

 granulated punctiu'es, mandibles with small simple pimctures extend- 

 ing to the bifid apex ; prothorax black, slightly shining, punctured as 

 on the head, but less closely, and the punctures with granulated bases 

 confined to the sides, anterior margin thickened immediately above the 

 vertex, the disk flattened behind the thickened parts, side slightly 

 roimded, then shortly curving inwards, and terminating at a sharp 

 angle in a broad base ; scutellum transverse, with eight or ten scattered 

 punctures ; elji:ra opake, nearly black, with a slight chestnut-brovsm 

 tinge, punctured in double rows, the outer row with its punctures 

 about a third or a fourth of the size of the inner, which latter are more 

 or less impressed on the side of the raised lines between the rows ; legs 

 pitchy, the femora and tibiae punctured ; body beneath, under side of 

 the mandibles, and palpi reddish-pitchy, the former with scattered 

 punctures, each nearly entirely occupied by a smooth gTanule. Length 

 6 lines. 



In the form of the prothorax this species approaches M. gigas, 

 Fab., and apparently also M. striata, Or., both from Senegal ; but 

 the former is larger and more robust, with bluish-black elytra, &c., 

 and the second is distinguished by its more punctured and remark- 

 ably transverse scutellum, &c. 31. crenicoJIis, Guer., from India, 

 seems to be a smaller species with a differently shaped prothorax, 

 with its sides sufficient!}'' crenated to suggest the specific name. 



Melamhia funehris. 



M. subelongata, obscure atra ; prothorace transverso, disco leviter convexo, 

 basi sublata, angulis posticis acutis. 



Hah. Cambodia. 



Very like the last, but differs in the following particulars : prothorax 

 longer, more rounded at the sides, and more contracted at the base, 

 slightly but regularly concave over the whole disk, the anterior margin 



