42 Monograph on the Cebrionidce, b// Dr. Leach. 



C. — Chestnut-ferrugineous, the head black, elytra pale chestnut- 



clay-colouredj antennas chestnut-brown. 

 Length 3| lines. 

 Inhabits Barbary. 



Descr. — Antenna with its three basilary joints, the lip, maxillas 

 and palpi ferrugineous-clay-coloured ; mandibulae red-ferrugine- 

 ous ; head deeply punctured ; thorax punctured ; elytra smooth 

 punctured, obsoletely striated. 



GENUS v.— DUMERILIA. 



Antennce breves, articulo tertio multo crassiore, ultimo apicem ver- 

 sus gradatim acuminato. 



Palpi muxillares articulo secundo longiore, articulis tertio et quar- 

 to longitudine aequalibus, ultimo gradatim attenuate. 



• Idbiales articulo ultimo obtuse truncato. 



Thorax transversus antice rotundatus. Sternum anticum convexum. 

 Tarsi breves. 



Antennce short, the third joint the thickest j the last joint towards 

 its extremity gradually acuminated. 



Maxillary Palpi with the second joint longest, the second and 

 third equal in length, the last joint gradually attenuated. 



Labial Palpi with the last joint obtusely truncated. 



Thorax transverse, rounded before ; anterior sternum convex j tarsi 



short. 



Species 1. — Pulchra. 



D, — Capite nigro, thorace et elytris sanguineis, pedibus rufescentl- 



bus, abdomine infra cjeruleo-nigro nitente. 



Long 5 1 millim ! 



llabitat in AfricS, Australl. 



Mus. Dumeril, Latreille, Bosc. 



Descr. — Caput fortiter impresso-punctatum, thorax polilus gla- 

 berrimus, elytra tenuiter striata, interstitiis reticulatis, supcrfi- 

 cies tota inferior punctis numerosissimis sparsa, 



D. — Head black, thorax and elytra sanguineous, feet reddish, 

 abdomen beneath of a shining blue black. 

 Length 2| lines. 

 Inhabits southern Africa. 



Descr. — Head with deeply impressed punctures, thorax polished 

 and very smooth, elytra slightly striated, the interstices reticulated ; 



