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Black, thinly clothed with greyish pubescence, which is 

 somewhat longer and more conspicuous on the underside. 

 Head, prothorax, and elytra very closely punctured. Elytra 

 of a reddish colour j each marked by three transverse black 

 bands, of which the first, between the base and the middle, 

 does not quite reach to the suture or the outer margin, while 

 the other two bands, one at the middle and one between the 

 middle and apex, are both complete. First two joints of the 

 antennge black, the remaining joints of a bright reddish 

 colour ; the processes of the joints from the fifth to the tenth 

 are fairly long, that of the fourth is short, while the process 

 of the third is hardly conspicuous. 



Leptopalpus quadrimaculatus , sp. n. 



L. rostrato similis, sed minor, elytris sine maculis basalibus, et 



corpore aubtus toto fulvo. 

 Long. 8, lat. 3 mm. 



IJab. Lahej (Yerbury). 



The genus Leptopalpus (easily recognized by the remark- 

 able elongation of the maxillary palpi, which, when closely 

 apposed, have some resemblance to the beak of a bug) has 

 been hitherto represented by only one known species — L. ros- 

 tratus, Fabr. From this species the present one may be 

 distinguished by its smaller size, the wholly fulvous colour 

 of its underside, and the absence of black spots from the base 

 of the elytra. Each elytron has but two round black spots, 

 one near the middle of its length, the other between this and 

 the apex. 



Ananca Martini^ Fairm. 

 Chitona Martini, Fairm. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1896, p. 224. 



Capite supra nigrescente, pube brunneo-grisea obtecto ; prothoracis 

 disco nigro, nitido, sat dense punctulato et quadri-impresso, 

 lateribus et linea media longitudinali griseo-pubescentibus ; 

 elytris brunneo-griseo-pubescentibus, sutura angustim et linea 

 dorsali utrinque cinereis ; corpore subtus cinerascente. 



( c? ) Articulo prime tarsorum intermediorum quam secundo breviore 

 et ad basin subuncinato-emarginato. 



Long. 6-10 mm. 



Hah. Aden {Yerhury). 



This species resembles some of the darker forms of Ananca 

 spurcaticollisy Fairm., but may be distinguished by the 

 following characters : — Clypeus shorter ; prothorax less ex- 

 panded anteriorly, black above except at the sides and 



