488 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on some new or little-known 
Sessrnza [Cidemeride ]. 
This genus, founded on those species of Nacerdes with two spines 
to their anterior tibiee, was proposed by me in this Journal in January 
1863. M. Léon Fairmaire, in the French ‘ Annales’ for August in 
the same year, named the group Ananca, apparently not aware that 
it had been previously disposed of. 
Ornerecta | Cistelidee]. 
Caput exsertum, oblongum; clypeus transversus, distinctus. Labrum 
magnum, hirsutum. Mandibule apice integre. Oculi prominuli, ob- 
liqui. Antenne filiformes, art. 3 et 4 equalibus. Mentum transyersum. 
Labium magnum, basi pedunculatum. Palpi mavillares art. ult. cultri- 
formi, Jabiales triangulari. Prothorax quadratus, lateribus tenuissime 
marginatus, apice modice rotundatus, basi truncatus. Scutellum par- 
vum, transversum. lytra connexa, elongato-ovalia, humeris nullis ; 
epipleure subyerticales. Pedes mediocres; femora sensim incrassata ; 
tibie rectee ; tarsi haud lamelligeri, lineares, postici art. basali elongato. 
Coxe antice exsertee, approximate. Prosternum angustissimum, pos- 
tice basi latiore. Mesosternwm antice rotundatum. Metasternum nor- 
male. Processus interfemoralis quadratus, antice paulo rotundatus. 
Abdomen segmentis quinque in utroque sexu. 
There are several points of structure common to this and Solier’s 
genus Cylindrothorus. The pronotum, however, is quite distinct 
from the flanks of the prothorax, although its separation is only 
marked by a very delicate line, which is continuous with the ordi- 
nary border-line and dips down at the sides, so that the flanks rise 
into a gradually narrowing point at each extremity. The penulti- 
mate joint of the tarsi is prolonged underneath the claw-joint, but 
can scarcely be called lamellate. The labium is almost membranous, 
and is attached to the mentum by a broad peduncle. This genus 
appears to form the type of a distinct subfamily. 
Othelecta torrida. (Pl. XTX. fig. 5.) 
O. nigra, nitida ; elytris castaneis, longe et disperse pilosis. 
Hab. ’NGami. 
Black, shining ; head and prothorax closely punctured, the punctures 
small, but deep and distinct, having at the bottom of each a whitish 
secretion ; elytra brownish chestnut, oblong-oval, rather pointed behind 
and much broader in the female, finely but irregularly and rather re- 
motely punctured, and having long, dispersed black erect hairs; body 
beneath and legs reddish chestnut, closely punctured, especially on the 
femora ; tarsi clothed with close-set black stiffish hairs. Length 7-8 
lines. 
