388 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



bisulcate anteriorly ; antennae short in ^J, still shorter in $, thickened 

 outwards, joints 7-10- transverse. Prothorax transverse, convex, 

 rounded at the sides, more or less depressed or sulcate down the 

 middle ; sparsely, coarsely punctate, with finer punctures intermixed, 

 the interspaces polished. Elytra not or very little broader than 

 the prothorax, slightly widened posteriorly, conjointly rounded at 

 the apex ; densely, very finely punctate, and with scattered, 

 seriately-arranged, smooth granules extending throughout their 

 length, the granules more distinct in some specimens than in others. 

 Anterior tibiae sharply denticulate towards the apex externally. 

 Length 3^^i mm. {^^.) 



Hah. S. Africa, Mwengwa, N.W. Rhodesia (//. E. Doll- 

 man : 2. iv, 1914) ; Pretoria, Transvaal {L. M. Bucknill). 



Found in plenty at Mwengwa, and sent singly from 

 Pretoria with a specimen of D. oneili Pic, compared with 

 which it is a smaller and narrower insect, and has the 

 elytra densely, very finely punctured and pubescent, thus 

 appearing subopaque. Compared with D. coriaceus Gorh., 

 the Rhodesian insect is a little narrower, and has less 

 acuminate more densely pimctured elytra. 



3. Dasytes nyassaniis. 



Dasytes nyassaniis Pic, L'Echange, xxvii, p. 151 (1911). 

 Hab. E. Africa, Nyasa {ex coll. Fry : ^f?)- 

 Four specimens from Nyasa, the (^ imjoerfect, are probably 



referable to this sj)ecies. They are. a little smaller and 



narrower than D. oneili, and have the prothorax not quite 



so sparsely punctured. 



4. Dasytes coriaceus. 



$. Anihocomus {?) coriaceus Gorh., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1905, ii, p. 275. 



Hab. S. Africa, Bothaville, Orange Free State {Dr. 

 Braiins, in Mus. Cape Town). 



The type of A. coriaceus Gorh., $, labelled by the author, 

 has been lent me for examination by Dr. Peringuey. It is 

 obvious that the generic name " AnlJiocomvs " must have 

 beerx used in mistake for Dasytes, as no Anthocomiis has 

 the body clothed with very long hairs, or possesses a long 

 membranous appendage to the tarsal claws, as described 

 by Gorham. He omitted, however, to note the asperate, 

 externally denticulate tibiae, this being particularly con- 

 spicuous on the anterior pair, the denticles at the apex of 



