new genera and species of Tenehrlonidce, Sfc. 291 



the middle ; flanks of metasternum feebly punctured ; 

 abdomen minutely punctured and finely longitudinally 

 striolate ; legs and antennjB chestnut-brown, the tibias 

 finely and not closely punctured. 



Long. 6^ — 7 lin. 



Antananarivo. 



Drocleana, nov. gen. 



Mentum strongly projecting at the middle, strongly 

 tricarinate, notched at apex ; last joint of maxillary palpi 

 subcultriform ; mandibles robust, strongly angled at the 

 outer side ; eyes rather strongly depressed above ; antennte 

 about equal in length to the head and prothorax ; joints 

 1 — 6 obconic ; 3 elongate ; 4 — 6 gradually shorter and 

 stouter; 7 — 10 much larger and broader, depressed, sub- 

 triangulate, slightly perfoliate, inner apical angle a little 

 produced; 11 much longer than 10, broadly rounded at 

 apex ; head large, gently and regularly declivous to the 

 anterior border ; trapezoidal in front ; sides of epistoma 

 and antennary orbits continuous ; epistoma broadly and 

 feebly emarginate in front ; the suture angulate and 

 lightly impressed ; antennary orbits obtusely rounded, 

 but little elevated ; prothorax broadly emarginate at apex, 

 front angles prominent, obtuse ; base feebly bisinuate,hind 

 angles rectangular ; lateral margins a little reflexed, 

 thickening apically ; front and hind margins faint, obso- 

 lete at the middle ; scutellum triangular ; elytra very 

 large, oblong, convex, laterally compressed ; a little 

 dilated posteriorly ; shoulders obtusely rounded ; pro- 

 sternum not abbreviated before, nor abruptly elevated 

 between, the coxfe ; the process narrow, trisulcate between 

 the coxjB, smooth and broadly triangulate behind, not 

 deeply penetrating the mesosternal cavity, which is in the 

 form of an open V ; intercoxal process broadly rounded 

 in front ; legs rather long and slender ; last joint of hind 

 tarsi equal in length to the three preceding united. 



Type. — Camaria chalcoytera, King. 



To this genus also belong Camaria violaceipennis, 

 C. O. Waterhouse, and C. parvicollis, Fairmaire. 



Drocleana {Camaria) parvicollis, Fairm., "Pet. Nouv. 

 Ent.," No. 173, June 1, 1877, p. 137. 



Smaller than chalcnptera ; less convex ; the elytra dark 

 reddish-brown, or brunneus, tinged with lencous ; not 



