LoiKjicornin from Africa and Madarjascar. 309 



lower lobes somewhat roiincled, upper lobes small, narrow. 

 Antenna ( $ ?) attaining the middle of the elytra ; scape short, 

 little thickened, joint 3 eijual to 4 and 5 united, the rest gradually 

 decreasing in length, joints 5 — 11 slightly dilated, 6th and 7th 

 broadest. Prothorax cylmdrical, longer than broad, with the sides 

 nearly parallel, unarmed, very shghtly constricted at the base ; 

 with a carina, strongly raised posteriorly, along the middle of the 

 disk. Elytra with the sides nearly parallel ; strongly punctured ; 

 apices broadly conjointly rounded. Femora pedunci;late at the 

 base, abruptly swollen into a short thick club at the apex. Abdomen 

 with the first segment as long as the three following united. 

 Sternal processes simple. Anterior cotyloid cavities closed in 

 behind ; the intermediate shut off from the mesothoracic epimera 

 by the production forward of the antero-lateral lobes of the meta- 

 sternum. The body, legs, and basal joints of the antennae provided 

 with long scattered hairs. 



There can be no doubt that the place of this genus is 

 in the group Cleomenina, from the other genera of 

 which, it is, however, sufficiently distinct. It comes 

 nearest, perhaps, to Apiogaster. 



HexarrJiopala ajncalis, n. s. (PI. IX., figs. 3 and Sa). 



Nitida, sparsim ciUata; capite antennisque et corpore subtus 

 nigris ; prothorace supra rufo-testaceo, marginibus anticis posti- 

 cisque nigris, disco sparsim punctato et in medio longitudinaliter 

 carinato, carina postice valde elevata ; elytris brunneo-testaceis, 

 tertia parte apicali violacea, grosse sub-rugosoque punctatis, 

 apicibus conjunctim late rotundatis ; corpore subtus sparsim punc- 

 tato ; pedibus nigrescentibus, clavis femorum 4 anteriorum rufo- 

 testaceis. Long. 12 ; lat. 3 mm. 



Hab. Lake Nyassa {Thelwall). 



The fronts of the foiu' anterior tibiae with a silky fulvous pile, 

 the rest of the body almost destitute of pubescence beyond the 

 rather long widely scattered cilia coming off from all parts. The 

 four basal joints of the antennae nitid and somewhat sparsely 

 punctured, the remaining joints with a dull brownish black tomen- 

 tum. The tibiae carinate, with the intervals between the carinse 

 punctured. 



The coloration of this species is extremely like that of 

 the following little species which I am obliged to refer 

 to Apiogaster. 



