442 Eev. H. S. Gorham's descriptions of 



punctatis ; antennis piceis, articulis^tribus primis, ultimoque 

 rufis. Long. lin. 2^. 



Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, anterior margin 

 excavated but not deeply ; sides rounded and contracted in 

 the apical third, parallel below this point, front angles 

 acute and depressed, hind angles right; longitudinal 

 sulci arcuate and moderately impressed ; hind margin 

 depressed and finely margined. Elytra ample, and rather 

 convex, clothed wdth a fine golden-yellow pubescence, in- 

 terspersed here and there with rather more rigid setae ; 

 their sides scarcely margined, rather narrowed to the base, 

 and evenly rounded at the apex. Very finely and closely, 

 but evidently and evenly punctured. Antennae stout, 

 longer than the head and thorax taken together, basal 

 joint stout ; 2nd short, half the length of the 3rd, which is 

 longer than the 4th ; 4th to 8th of nearly equal length, a 

 little longer than wide; 9th gradually Avidened from the 

 base to the apex, wdiere the width equals the length ; 10th 

 transverse, apical transverse, trapezoid — this with the first 

 three red, the rest pitchy black, the 4th and 5th only being 

 rather lighter. Legs red, hind tibias a little bent. 



Hah. — Ceylon. From Mr. Andrew INIurray's col- 

 lection. 



Ohs. — I have not seen Mi/cctina castanea, Gerst., to 

 Avhicli this insect seems allied. Unlike as it is in general 

 appearance to the typical species of the genus, I cannot 

 find any character by which it could be satisfactorily sepa- 

 rated from it. 



Mycetina africana, n. sp. 



Oblonga, subparallela, picea, nitida ; elytris leviter 

 ]5arcius punctatis, callo humerali pedibusque dilutioribus ; 

 antennis nigro-piceis basi et apice summo piceis. Long, 

 lin. li. 



About the size of, and rather nearly allied to, M. anco- 

 riger, longer and entirely pitchy, Avith the excej^tion of the 

 antennas, which are nearly black; the two basal joints and 

 apex light pitchy, 2nd joint very short, 3rd to end gradu- 

 ally thickened, 9th and 10th transverse ; apical joint trape- 

 zoidal, its base dark, the remainder light pitchy. Head 

 slightly pubescent. Thorax fully twice as wide as long, 

 the disc convex, basal sulci deep triangular im])ressions ; 

 hind margin depressed, sides almost parallel in their basal 

 half, hind angles nearly right. Elytra very little wider 

 than the thorax, their surface more convex than in 



