340 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on 



more than twice as long as the pro- 

 thorax ; second joint of funicle shorter, 



the third transverse; colour piceous 



black. (African species.) 

 11 (12). Forehead as broad as the base of the 



rostrum; protLorax broadest at the 



middle ; elytra with distinct striae 



containing closely-set punctures; tibiae 



armed internally with stout teeth and 



with a long external apical spine .... anthracinus, Brancs. 

 12(11). Forehead much narrower than the base 



of the rostrum ; prothorax broadest 



well before the middle ; elytra hardly 



striate on the disk, with rows of large 



rounded foveas separated by spaces as 



long as the foveas themselves ; tibia? 



merely serrate internally and with a 



very short external apical spine .... cancellatus, sp. n. 

 13 (G). Prothorax distinctly broader than long ; 



length 5 - 5 mm picea, Fst. 



11 (1). Second joint of front tarsi nearly twice 



as long as broad ; prothorax very 



finely punctate at the sides, more 



strongly so on the disk ; colour reddish 



brown tenuipes, sp. n. 



1. Aorus spadiceus, Gyl. 



Aorus spadiceus, Gyllenhal, Sohonh. Gen. Cure. iii. 1836, p. 254. 

 Leptobaris yerstaeckeri, Faust, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1891, p. 148 (syn. nov.). 



Senegal. Sierra Leone. N.Nigeria: Baio [Dr. J. J. 



Simpson). ABYSSINIA. 



2. Aorus castaueus, Gerst. 



Leptobaris castanea, Gerstaecker, Monatsb. Berl. Ak. 1855, p. 039 ; id., 

 Peters's Reise Mozamb. ii. 1802, p. 315, pi. xviii. lig. 14; Faust, 

 Stett. ent. Zeit. 1894, pp. 149 & 300. 



Stenodema ferruginea, Faust, Ent. Nachr. xi. 1885, p. 17. 



Leptobaris brunnea, Brancsik, Soc. Hist. Nat. Trencsen, xix.-xx. 1897 

 (1898), p. 124, pi. iv. fig. 16 (syn. nov.). 



N. Rhodesia: Boroma (Rev. H. P. Menyharth) . Nyasa- 

 LAND (Thelwall) ; S.W. shore of L. Nyasa, ii.-iii. 1910, and 

 Kuo Valley, iii. 1910 (8. A. JSeave) ; Fort Herald, on grass, 

 v.-vi. 1913 [Dr. J. E. S. Old). Portuguese E. Africa: 

 Mozambique (Peters, type). 



.'5. Aorus Itearseijij Pasc. 



F.rarcus he'arsem, Pascoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xix. 1880, p. 372. 

 Exarcus pascoei, Faust, l)eut. cut. Zeits. 1898, p. 286 (syn. nov. J. 



