210 Mr. G. C. Champion on the 



the inferior margin feebly crenulate. Tarsal claws very 

 long, feebly toothed near the tip. Trochanters each with a 

 small tuft of long bristly hairs at the base beneath in both 

 sexes. 



<$ . Intermediate (fig. 6) and posterior tarsi (fig. 7) with 

 the basal joint drawn out into a long, stout, curved spur at 

 the apex beneath, 2 oblique ; ventral segment 5 with a 

 transverse arcuate depression in front of the apical emar- 

 gination, 6 short, not arched at the tip ; median lobe of 

 aedeagus blunt at the apex. 



Length 7-9, breadth 3-3f mm. ((??.) 



Hab. Arabia, Lahej {Col. Yerbury : c?),El Hedjaz and 

 Yemen (Millingen : $ ? ). 



Three males and two females. Extremely like M. klugi, 

 and occurring at the same localities, but separable therefrom 

 by the very coarsely punctured head and the apically pro- 

 duced, spur-like basal joint of the middle and hind tarsi in <^ . 

 The insect provisionally identified as M. (Zygia) notaticollis, 

 Pic, type from Obock, has very similar tarsal characters. 



67. Melyris cucullata, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, moderately shining, the elytra dull; bluish- 

 green, the lower surface (including the sternal side-pieces), 

 joints 1-5 of the antennse, and legs (the black tarsi excepted) 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest of the antennae black ; very finely 

 pubescent, the lower surface with longer pallid hairs, the 

 abdomen with long black hairs at the tip. Head short, 

 coarsely umbilicate-punctate ; antennas somewhat loosely 

 articulated. Prothorax slightly flattened on the disc, a little 

 broader than long, trapezoidal, the sides crenulate, sinuate 

 towards the base, the hind angles sharp and directed out- 

 ward ; alutaceous and rather sparsely punctured, canalicu- 

 late, the lateral carina sharp, sinuate, the anterior margin 

 strongly raised. Elytra long, subparallel, much wider than 

 the prothorax ; tricostate, the interspaces rugulose, with 

 about four rows of rather fine punctures. Trochanters each 

 with a long, coarse, blackish seta. Tarsi simple, the claws 

 long, toothed near the tip. Ventral segment 5 broadly 

 hollowed at apex, G excavate on each side of the convex 

 median portion, triangularly emarginate at tip, the pointed 

 apex of the median lobe of the aedeagus visible in the aperture. 



Length 8^, breadth 3^ mm. 



Hab. Arabia, Yemen {Millingen). 



One male. This insect has the general shape of the 



