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Anthrenus suhsetosus, sp. n. 



Brunneus, corpore subtus nigro, pedibus aiitemiisqiie rufis, subtus 

 griseo-, supra flavo-squamoso, hie sqiiamis rulis et fuscis variegato, 

 squamis longissimis ; pronoti angulis posticis, lobo postico annula- 

 que discali pallido-squamosis, squamis reliquis obscuris ; elytrorum 

 fascia communi post-humerali anuulaque subapicali utrinque 

 pallide squamosis ; corpore late ovato, prothorace baud lato, 

 autice paulo producto ; antennis ll-articulatis, clava 3-articulata. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Ilal). Upper Buema {Gray). 



This closely resembles A. verbasci, L., but is rather more 

 elongate and has mucli longer and narrower scales, those 

 upon the pronotum being scarcely distinguishable from hairs. 

 The lower surface is black, not very densely clothed with fine 

 white setse, and the upper surface brown, with its scales 

 varying from pale yellow to dark brown, but with every 

 gradation, the pattern resulting being therefore without 

 stiong contrasts. The scales, moreover, are not closely fitted 

 together and immovable, but form a rather loose shaggy 

 cluthing. 



A series of specimens were received by Mr. II. E. An- 

 drewes, by whom several have been presented to the British 

 Museum. 



Anthrenus semimdum, sp. n. 



Globosus, brevissimus, fuscus, squamis magnis latis dense vestitus, 

 inferis albidis, superis fulvis albidis et bruuneis, elytrorum 

 macula magna subrotundata, postica fusca, a medio fere ad 

 apicem extensa ; antennis breviseimis, ll-articulatis, clava 

 3-articulata, breviter pyriformi, articulo ultimo maximo. 



Long. 2*5 mm. 



Bab. S. Rhodesia : Salisbury. 



Two specimens of this very distinct species were found by 

 Mr. G. A. K. Marshall in August 1900. I believe them to 

 be male and female, the antennal club of one being slightly 

 larger than that of the other. It is a very short, broad, and 

 globular insect, covered with large nearly round scales, which 

 are whitish beneath the body and at the sides of the pro- 

 notum, various shades of yellow and brown intermixed upon 

 the general surface, with a large nearly round patch of dark 

 brown scales upon the posterior half of the elytra. The 

 pronotum is short, evenly convex, and furnished with a 

 strong, pointed, triangular lobe behind, entirely covering the 

 scutellum. The elytra are slightly flattened upon the dark 



