310 Mr. Charles J. Gahan o)i ncir 



Apiogaster similis, n. s. 

 Nigra, nitida, sparsim ciliata ; prothorace in medio disci 

 laterumque, elytris (sutura antice et tertia parte apicali, nigris, 

 exceptis) et clavis femorum rufo-testaceis ; capite siibnitido, dense 

 piinctato ; elytris sparsim punctatis, apicibns leviter sinuato-trun- 

 catis ; antennis dimidium elytrorum vix excedentibus, scapo valde 

 pnnctato et versus apicem breviter transversimque carinato. Long. 

 5 ; lat. 1^ mm. 



Hab. Lake Nyassa. 



The prothorax across the middle above, and a broad vitta of 

 each elytron extending from the shoulder near to the apical third, 

 and there invading the whole width of the elytron, reddish testa- 

 ceous ; the clubs of the femora of the same colour ; the rest of the 

 body black. 



In the smuation of the lateral margins, and the 

 enlargement behmd of the elytra, in the form and 

 pmictuation of the head, in the width and strong punc- 

 tuation of the metathoracic episterma, and in other 

 characters, this species agrees with A.riiJiveTitris,'PeYYOi\d. 

 It differs in colour, in the rougher scape, which bears two 

 short transverse ridges on the inner side at the apex, 

 in the stronger punctuation of the elytra, and in having 

 the basal segment of the abdomen relatively shorter. 

 LAMIID^. 

 Stixis, n. g. {LamiincB verce). 



Head broadly and slightly concave between the antennal 

 tubercles ; front slightly convex, a little broader than high. Eyes 

 emarginate, with the lower lobes rather short and oblique. Antennae 

 ( ? ) about as long as the body, with the scape reaching to about the 

 middle of the prothorax, narrowly cicatrised at the apex, the 

 cicatrix limited by a complete carina, with the third joint about 

 equal in length to the scape, the fourth much shorter, the rest 

 decreasing gradually. Prothorax broader than long, armed with a 

 sharp sj)iue on each side just behind the middle, strongly punctured 

 above. Elytra much broader than the base of the prothorax, very 

 strongly punctured, gradually rounded on the sides at the middle, 

 strongly retracted towards the apex, where each is emarginate with 

 the outer angle produced into a short blunt spine. Legs moderately 

 long, with the femora somewhat thickened beyond the middle ; 

 with the intermediate tibiae emarginate ; with the claws of the 

 tarsi divaricate. Prosterual process simple, arched in the middle : 

 mcsosternal process subvertical in front. Metasternum very short. 



