216 Mr. G. C. Champion on the 



the prothorax a little more sparsely, punctulate and reticulate : 

 the abdomen fringed with long hairs at the tip. Head and 

 antenna; short, the joints 5-11 of latter moderately widened. 

 Prothorax transverse, gibbous, rounded at the sides, nar- 

 rowed in front ; the thickened anterior margin projecting 

 forward over the head, the disc obsoletely grooved, the lateral 

 carina wanting. Elytra moderately elongate, subparallel, 

 very little wider than the head, rounded at the apex ; tri- 

 costate, the interspaces transversely wrinkled and confusedly 

 triseriate-punctate. Tarsal claws long, feebly toothed towards 

 the tip. 



J 1 . Ventral segment 5 deeply emarginate, 6 convex along 

 the middle and hollowed on each side of this, notched at 

 the tip. 



Length 8-9, breadth 3£ mm. (<$ ? .) 



Hub. E. Africa, Somaliland [Greenfield, in Mm. Brit.). 



Two males and one female, sent with a $ of M. (Pseudo- 

 zrjgia) argodi from the same country. Much smaller than 

 that insect ; the prothorax less densely reticulate (the inter- 

 spaces shining), the disc rounded and less gibbous in $ ; 

 the elytral sculpture much finer ; the legs almost wholly 

 fulvous. Compared with the much larger M. (P.) rubri- 

 col/is, the type (?) of which from Hauacio has been lent 

 me by Dr. Gestro, the elytra are relatively shorter and 

 narrower, and have less prominent humeral callosities and 

 more sparsely, punctured interspaces. 



b. Prothorax moderately convex, black. [*Subgen. Melyridella, n. n.] 



a 1 . Body black or metallic. 



a-. Elytra moderately long, legs in part testaceous. 



[S. Africa] ._ No. 78. 



b 2 . Elytra very elongate, legs black. [Abyssinia] .... No. 79. 

 b\ Body in part black, elytra, abdomen, and legs^tes- 



taceous. [DamaralandJ *. . . . No. 80. 



78. Melyris excisa, sp. n. 



$ . Moderately elongate, depressed, widened posteriorly, 

 moderately shining, sparsely pubescent ; cyaneous, the legs 

 and abdomen rufescent, the tarsi slightly infuscate, the 

 antennre black, the abdomen fringed with long, fine, fulvous 

 hairs at the tip ; the head and prothorax densely punctulate 

 and reticulate. Head rather small, short, bisulcate an- 

 teriorly, the eyes rather prominent ; antennae short, joint 5 



* Includes M. granulate, F., and its N. African and Asiatic allies. 



