and Asiatic Spectes of Laius. 335 
18. Laius raffray?. 
? Lawus raffrayi, Gorh. Aun. Mus. Genova, xviii. p. 597 (1883). 
Hab. Asysstnta (Mus. Genova : type). 
In the British Museum there is a ? from Abyssinia that 
may belong to the species. It resembles the Egyptian 
_ LL. venustus, Er., but has very coarsely punctured elytra. 
The two elytral fasciz are testaceous, connected along the 
suture, the anterior one broad. The specimen supposed by 
Gorham to bea ¢ is said to differ from the ? in having the 
second antennal joint much more recurved, guttiform, yellow, 
and shining. ; 
L. abyssinicus, Pic (1917), type 2, is described as having 
the prothorax black, except at the base and apex. 
19. Laius venustus. 
S$. Laius venustus, Er. Entomographien, p. 63 (1840)!; Abeille de 
Perrin, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1891, p. 209, pl. vii. fig. 24 (¢ antenna) °. 
? Malachius bifasciatus, Cast. Hist. Nat. Ins. Coléopt. i. p. 280 (1840) *. 
gS. Antennal joint 1 curved, compressed, stout; 2 
extremely broad, concave, strongly transverse, somewhat 
malleiform (un peu en demi-lune, sec. Perrin) (P]. VIII. 
fig. 14), 3 articulated to it at about the middle of the outer 
margin. 
?. Antennal joint 1 moderately thickened, 2 nearly as 
long as 1, slender. 
Hab. Hayrr'? [type], Cairo (F. C. Willcocks, in Mus. Brit.), 
W.of Khartum near Mogram (G. B. Longstaff, Mus. Oxon.) ; 
Apyssinia? (sec. Perrin) ; ? Seneca °. 
This species is very nearly related to the Indian 
L. jucundus, Bourg., and its allies. The legs vary in colour 
and the prothorax sometimes has a black patch on the disc. 
Found “on cotton,” according to Mr. Willcocks. The 
d-antenna has been figured by Perrin, but a drawing of 
it, from a specimen in the Oxford Museum, is here given for 
comparison with an allied Indian insect. 
20. Laius malleifer, sp. n. 
9. Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, shining, 
clothed with fine scattered pubescence intermixed with long, 
erect hairs; black, the antennal joints 1-3, the prothorax 
(a subquadrate black patch on the disc excepted), the tibiz, 
