194 Mr. Jacoby’s descriptions of phytophagous 
sides, a narrow space in front of the lateral margin impunctate ; 
under side and legs black ; abdomen obscure fulvous ; prosternum 
oblong, slightly narrowed at the middle, longitudinally depressed ; 
claws simple. 
Hab. Madagascar (my collection). 
This species, at present the only representative of the 
genus known from Madagascar, is at once distinguished 
from any other of its allies by the peculiar transversely- 
shaped and short thorax, giving it the appearance of a 
Coccinella, although peculiarly unadorned in regard to 
its coloration. 
Oedionychis madagascariensis, n.s. (Pl. VIL., fig. 8). 
Testaceous; the three apical joints of the antenne, the scutellum, 
breast, and the femora, black; thorax impunctate; elytra minutely 
punctured, depressed below the base. Length, 4 lines. 
Head impunctate, deeply transversely impressed between the 
eyes; the clypeus raised into an acute triangular point between 
the antenne ; palpi testaceous, the apical joint piceous ; antennez 
slender, nearly half the length of the body, testaceous, the apical 
three joints black ; third joint twice as long as the second; thorax 
about twice and a half broader than long, narrowed towards the 
front, the sides nearly straight, rather broadly flattened, the 
anterior angles produced, the posterior margin broadly rounded at 
the middle, the dise entirely impunctate, slightly convex near the 
posterior angles; scutellum black; elytra scarcely widened towards 
the apex, transversely depressed below the base, and longitudinally 
in front of the lateral margin, the surface very minutely and 
rather closely punctured ; femora and the upper side of the tarsi 
black ; claw-joint more or less fulvous. 
Hab. Matanga, Madagascar. 
The single specimen contained in my collection differs 
entirely from the other three or four species known from 
Madagascar on account of the differently structured 
head and thorax and the coloration, principally in 
regard to the antenne, scutellum, breast, and legs. 
Blepharida nigromaculata, n.s. (Pl. VIL, fig. 5). 
Dark fulvous ; thorax flavous at the sides, impressed with short 
anterior and basal grooves ; elytra flavous, deeply punctate-striate, 
with eight or nine spots on the disc, and some others at the lateral 
margins, black. Length, 3 lines. 
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