198 My. C. T. Eegan on the Clupeid Ft'sJies 



P/icenomenis hrevirostris. sp. n. 



cJ ? . Colouring- similar to that of P. angulicollis, but the 

 pale scales more generally distributed, so that the dark patch 

 on the prothorax is indistinct and those on the elytra are 

 very mucli redn ed. 



Head with close shallow punctures, the forehead broad, 

 about twice the breadth of the funicle. Rustrwn unusually 

 short and stout, the thickened basal portion forming half 

 (?) or more than half {^) its length, and bearing two or 

 four shallow furrows, the apical area smooth and sparsely 

 punctate ; the scrobe continued to well beyond the middle 

 in both sexes, but without any distinct furrow above it. 

 Antennee siiort, all the joints of the funicle except the first 

 very strongly transverse, the club shorter and more obtuse 

 than in P. sundeivalli. Prothorax about twice as long as 

 broad, parallel-sided from the base to beyond the middle, 

 thence narrowing gradilally to the apex, the upper surface 

 simply reticulate, the punctures not coalescing longitu- 

 dinally, with an indistinct cential costa. Elytra cylindiical, 

 very slightly broader than the prothorax, with coarsely 

 ])unctate striae, the doi'sal intervals narrow, subcarinate, and 

 crenulate. Legs as in P. sundewulli, except that the iiind 

 femora are much shorter, extending only a short distance 

 1 eyond the apex of the elytra, the bfisal stem is more rapidly 

 widened, aiul the large tooth is more deeply sinuate at the 

 base of its pi^sterior edge, so that the edge is distinct'y angu- 

 latcd in the middle. 



Length 3, breadth | mm. 



United Provinces : Khairabenda, Khash Forest, 29. xi. 

 1913 (C. F. C. Beesun). 



This species can be readily distinguished from both 

 P. mindeivalli and P. anguiicollis by its short rostrum and 

 hind femora, and its broad forehead. Found in burrows in 

 dead sal-tree {i^ihorea robust a). Mr. Bceson informs me that 

 all the three s})ecifis of P hanomer us nM^nUowcA here occurred 

 in burrows of ScolytidaR &c., and he is of opinion that they 

 are predaceous upon those beetles. 



XIV. — A lievision of the CJupeid Fishes of the Genus Pello- 

 nula and of Related Oeuera in the Rivers of Africa. By 

 C. Tate Regan, M.A. 



(Published by permissiou of the Trustees of the Biitish Museum.) 

 Pellokvla and its allies are distinguished from Chipea, 

 Sardinella, &c., by the stronger dentition and by the absence 

 of the anterior sujjianiaxillary bone. 



