196 Mr. G. 0. Champion on the 



prothorax densely punctulate and finely »eticulate ; the 

 abdomen fringed with long hairs at the tip. Head somewhat 

 elongated posteriorly, the antennae short. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, arcuately narrowed anteriorly, feebly canaliculate, the 

 lateral carina sinuate. Elytra long, wider than the prothorax ; 

 rather sharply tricostate, the interspaces alutaceous and 

 somewhat finely tri?eriate-punctate. Tarsal claws sharply 

 toothed at about the middle. 



Length 7, breadth 3 mm. 



Hah. E. Africa, Kondowe to Karon ga in Nyasaland, 

 alt. 2000 ft. (A. Whyte, in Mus. Brit. : 1897). 



One female. A form extremely like M. piligera from 

 N.W. Rhodesia, metallic green above and beneath, the legs 

 and antennae wholly blackish, the upper surface more 

 sparsely pubescent, the elytra tri- (instead of quadri-) seriate- 

 punctate, the head a little longer, and the tooth of the tarsal 

 claws arising from nearer the base. The longer head and 

 larger size separate M. uniformis from M. atricornis. 



Somaliland Forms *. 



a. Prothorax and elytra metallic. 



a 1 . Metasternuai, abdomen, and legs testaceous No. 47 t. 



h x . Metasternum metallic, abdomen and legs testaceous . Nos. 48-50f. 



b. Prothorax or elytra with their outer margins, the former 



sometimes entirely, rufescent, the legs in part and 



abdomen testaceous Nos. 51-54. 



c. Prothorax and elytra metallic, the abdomen and legs 



black, elytra very coarsely con fluently punctured 

 [Sokotra] No. 55. 



47. Melyris pleuralis. 

 Melyris pleuralis, Fairm. Aim. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvii. p. 149 (1893). 



c? . Ventral segment 5 broadly and rather deeply arcuate- 

 emarginate ; 6 transversely tumid in the centre in front of 

 the triangular apical notch. 



Var. ? The inctasternal side-pieces rufo-testaceous, the 

 prothorax more coarsely punctured. 



Hab. E. Africa, Somaliland (Revolt, in Mus. Brit.: <£): 

 Ouebbi (Dr. Keller: type), Basso Ganana and Boran 

 Gal la (V. Bottego, in Mus. Genoa: vii., viii. 1893: ? ), 

 Af-goi [Benadir] (V. Casale, in Mus. Genoa: ? ). 



* Including Sokotra Island. One species (No. 70) from Oboek is 

 included amongst the IN. African and Arabian forms. 



f The Arabian M. khigi(No. 65), which is similarly coloured, extends 

 to Somaliland and Abyssinia. 



t The similarly coloured M. parvula (No. 40) and nobilis (No. 37) have 

 been recorded from 8. -Somaliland, 



