148 Mr. B. P. Uvarov's Notes on 



tubercles at the very base of the plate ; two smaller tubercles close 

 to the median keel behind its middle ; and two transverse carmulae, 

 almost reaching the lateral margins, sideways from the last-mentioned 

 tubercles. Cerci hook-shaped, vertical; the basal part a little 

 thicker than the a^jical part, with an obtuse upper projection 

 directed somewhat obliquely upwards; the apical part about twice 

 as long as the basal, slightly and regularly bent, with the apex 

 obtuse. 



General coloration reddish-browTi. Face and cheeks yellowish- 

 ivory, with brown longitudinal stripes. Occiput behind the eyes 

 somewhat blackish, with the callosities yellowish. Pronotum with 

 a blackish fascia in prozona, along the median keel, constricted 

 before the middle; metazona unicolorous, darker at its foi-e part; 

 callous tubercles paler; lateral lobes with an ivory callosity in the 

 middle, surrounded by an indefinite blackish spot. Elytra with 

 indistinct brownish spots. Hind femora with the base of the 

 upperside and two spots on it brown ; the outer side with indefinite 

 oblique dark fasciae; the inner side (possibly bleached) pale with 

 two indefinite brownish spots along the upper margin; the lower 

 inner sulcus pale. Hind tibiae pale. 



Length of body (somewhat contracted) 18 mm.; of pronotum 

 ,5-5 mm. ; of el^'tra 12-5 mm. ; of hind femur 11-5 mm. 



The paratypic female has more distinct markings on the 

 pronotum and elytra, but is otherwise very like the male type. Its 

 dimensions are as follows : Length of body 25 mm. ; of pronotum 

 7-5 mm. ; of elytra 14 mm. ; of hind femur 13-5 mm. 



British Museum specimens : Baringo, 4000 ft., 20 xii. 

 1912 {Sir H. H. Johnston), 7 c^c^, 7 $? {type and 13 para- 

 types). 



2. Platyphymus bigranosus, sp. n. 



(J. Less rugulose and granulose than P. granuloMs Uvar. and 

 more compressed laterally. Frontal ridge below the ocellum 

 distinctly excavate. Fastigium of vertex less than twice as long 

 as broad, not deeply impressed. Cheeks scarcely granulose ; 

 oblique sulcus distinct. Occiput without radial postocular cal- 

 losities. Pronotum distinctly compressed laterally, feebly nar- 

 rowed anteriorly; median keel low, but thick, shining, feebly cut 

 by the transverse sulci; metazona subequal in length to prozona; 

 the latter with a pair of distinct callous tubercles close to the third 

 sulcus and another, scarcely perceptible, pair before the second 

 sulcus, while the rest of the disc is punctured, more closely so in 

 metazona, but not granulose; lateral keels low, thick, shining, 



