Coleoptera from East Africa and Madagascar. 321 



ChUdones Uneolatiis, u. sp. 



Elongatiis, angustus, niger, opacus ; antennanim arti- 

 culis ajiicalibns basi, femorumque apice ferrngiueis, thorace 

 lateribus linea obliqua et utriuque ad basin puncto parvo 

 albis, clytris abdomiueque lineolis nonnullis abidis. 



Long. 8g lin. 



Head thickly and rather strongly pnnctnred, with a fine 

 impressed longitudinal line in front. Thorax thickly and 

 strongly punctured, -with a smooth line in the middle (not 

 reaching the base or apex) and a shorter smooth line on 

 each side ; there is a round white spot on each side at the 

 base, and a white line on each side, these two lines are 

 united below by a white line in front of the coxjb. The 

 elytra are rather thickly punctured, dull velvety except at 

 the shoulders and apex ; each elytron has a short white 

 line at the scutellum, a spot in the middle, and an oblique 

 white line beyond the middle. There is a white line at 

 the side of the mesosternum, a broader band of wdiite 

 along the anterior border of the metathorax, a short line 

 on the parapleural ; the abdomen has a short white line on 

 the intercoxal process, an oblique line on each side of the 

 basal segment (these last joined together at the apex of 

 the segment), and a band of white at the apex of the 

 second segment. 



Hah. — Fianarantsoa (Mr. Shaw). 



