88 Mr. J. S. Baly's Description of Pseudomela. 



Sp. 1. Pseudomela Murrayi. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, finely punctured, fulvous, antennae (the 

 four basal joints excepted) and legs black. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Heiid sliining, sparingly punctured ; thorax half as broad again as 

 long, convex, its apex scarcely concave, the base slightly convex, 

 side margins rounded, their anterior and posterior angles acute, 

 surface punctured, shining, punctures more scattered on the disc ; 

 scutellum smooth ; elytra ovate, convex, three times the length of 

 the thorax, rather broader than the latter at the base, sides nearly 

 parallel in front, their apex rounded, surface distinctly punctured ; 

 on each elytron are several nearly obsolete longitudinal lines, 

 pale fulvous ; beneath fulvous, closely punctured ; legs black, 

 thighs sometimes pitchy. 



Old Calabar. 



Sp. 2. Pseudomela Natalensis. 



Ovate, very convex, strongly punctured, pale pitchy, body be- 

 neath, antennae and legs black. 



Long. 3-3| lines. 



Deeply punctured, antennae entirely black ; thorax transverse, 

 nearly twice as broad as long, convex above, its apex concave, 

 posterior angles obtuse, side margins rounded, surface coarsely 

 punctured, indistinctly excavated on the sides ; scutellum finely 

 punctured ; elytra ovate, convex, deeply punctured, sides more 

 rounded than in the former species ; beneath black, closely punc- 

 tured, a few stains on the apical, and the extreme margin of all 

 the abdominal segments, pitchy. 



Port Natal. 



Smaller than the last, more globose, the puncturing coarser. 



