and descriptions of new sjjecies in the British Museum. 493 



occurs. In the former a black patch may appear in the 

 middle of the pronotum and another in the micldle of each 

 elytron ; in the latter a spot appears at the base and another 

 near the middle of the outer margin of each elytron. 



Genus Saula. 



The genus Scmla seems to be the counterpart in the 

 Oriental Region, to which it is confined, of the mainly 

 African genus Danae, the species of which are closely 

 similar, but have invariably a broader thorax, with wide 

 raised margins. The two genera agree in exhibiting 

 remarkable sexual differences in the legs and antennae. 

 With the exception of these sexual features, there is a very 

 close uniformity in size, colovir and general appearance, in 

 all the species of Saula. 



A careful study of the considerable series I have suc- 

 ceeded in bringing together reveals that the genus is a very 

 large one and that the most important and distinctive 

 characters of the species are peculiar to the males. Five 

 species have been named up to the present time, and iu 

 none of these has any sexual character been referred to. 

 Althougli in som.e of the forms the two sexes are practic- 

 ally identical, in most the antennae of the males are longer 

 or more massive and the tibiae of one or more pairs of legs 

 are bent or dilated in various ways according to the species. 



Saula occidentalis, sp. n. 



Pallide testacea, antennis (basi excepto) infuscatis; robusta, 

 parum convexa, griseo-pubescens, pronoto brevi, lato, piano, 

 lateribus bisinuatis, angulis anticis paiilo productis, obtusis, posti- 

 cis acutis ; elytronim hiimeris prominentibu.s ; antennis tenuibus, 

 baud valde elongatis, arliculo tertio longo, ultimo duplo longiori 

 quam latiori. 



Long. 4 mm. ; lat. 2-5 mm. 



Bombay : Bandra {Dr. A. S. G. Jayakar). 



So far as known this species represents the farthest west- 

 v.'ard range of tliis Oriental genus. 



It is straw-coloured, with the antennae (except the basal 

 part) dark and the extremities of the femora and bases of 

 the tibiae light brown. 



The body is rather broad and not very convex, with a 

 fairly close clothing of pale hair. The eyes are not large, 

 separated by twice their radius. The pronotum is nearly 



