254 Mr. F. P. Pascoe's Descriptions of New Genera 



Dasyo lineata. (PI. XXVI. fig. 8.) 



D. fusco-picea, hirsuto-pilosa ; prothorace scutelloque line& 



pallida communi longitudinal! ; antennis valde incrassatis 



longe pilosis ; mandibulis piceis. Natal. 



Brown, inclining to pitchy, covered with short hairs and having 



numerous longer ones interspersed, particularly on the elytra ; 



prothorax with a fine brownish white line extending to the scutel- 



lum ; under surface with short appressed hairs ; mandibles pitchy. 



Length 4| lines. 



Dasyo improba. 



D. fusco-picea, hirsuta, pilosa ; prothorace scutelloque concolo- 

 ribus, antennis mediocribus parce pilosis, mandibulis fuscis. 

 Natal. 

 Brown, inclining to pitchy, pubescent, with numerous semi-erect 

 hairs ; antennae rather shorter than the body, the joints mo- 

 derately thick and hairy; mandibles brown; under surface slightly 

 hairy. 



Length 3| lines. 



loLE. 



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Body short, oblong ; head wider than the thorax ; antennae 

 much longer than the body, simple, with the joints sub-equal (ex- 

 cept the second) ; eyes deeply emarginate ; prothorax equal in 

 length and breadth ; elytra parallel, convex, wider than the thorax ; 

 legs moderate ; tarsi short. 



Nearly allied to Serixia, from which it is principally dis- 

 tinguished by its smooth antennae and more convex body. 



lole prolata. 



I. validiuscula, rubro-fulva ; antennis mediocribus ; prothorace 

 marginato. Borneo. 



Tawny yellow, with a reddish tint; eyes and tips of the mandi- 

 bles black ; antennae from the extremity of the fourth joint brown; 

 prothorax margined, the disc sinuated posteriorly on either side ; 

 elytra punctate -striate, pubescent, with serai-erect hairs inter- 

 spersed. 



Length 4 lines. 



