Species of CurcuMonidse from Africa. 391 



sided from the base to beyond the middle, thence abruptly 

 narrowed and constricted ; the base shallow ly Insinuate, the 

 apex truncate dorsally, the longitudinal outline gently 

 convex ; the whole surface with coarsely reticulate punctures 

 (almost entirely hidden by the scaling), without any median 

 furrow or carina, and with eight scale-tufts : two on the 

 front margin, one on each edge of the brown stripe ; one on 

 each of the lateral angles formed by the narrowing of the 

 sides ; two dorsal ones in the same transverse line with 

 the latter pair, and placed on the lateral edges of the brown 

 patch ; and a smaller dorsal pair mid-way between these and 

 the base. Scute/lum narrow, densely sealed, with the base 

 raised into a small bare prominence. Elytra with the 

 base jointly insinuate, the shoulders roundly prominent, 

 the sides gently rounded, and ihe apices divergent ; the 

 striae shallow, containing very deep separated punctures, 

 visible through the scaling, and each bearing a small black 

 granule on each side when the scaling is removed ; the 

 intervals almost flat, rugosely punctate beneath the scaling, 

 becoming granulate towards the base, with the following 

 scale-tufts : interval 2 with two small ones before the 

 middle, a large one at the middle, and another not far behind 

 it ; 4 with a row of five ; fi with one behind the shoulder 

 and another at the middle ; and 8 Avith one behind the 

 shoulder, another before the middle, and a third towards 

 the apex. Legs reticulately punctate and densely squamose; 

 all the tibiae with a stout squamose tooth on the dorsal edge 

 not far from the base, both the anterior pairs angulate at the 

 middle on the lower edge and with a short external apical 

 projection, and the hind pair with a very long sharp tooth 

 beyond the middle on the lower edge. 



Length 3"5-4 - 5 mm., breadth 2-24 mm. 



Cape Province : YYillowmore, iv. 1901 (Dr. H. Br amis) ; 

 Uitenhage, xii. 1903 and ii. 1904 {Father J. A. O'Neil). 

 S. Rhodesia: Salisbury, ix. 1900 (G. A. K. M). Portu- 

 guese E. Africa : Beira, vi. 1900 (P. A. Sheppard — type), 

 xi. 1900 (G. A. K. M.). Tanganyika Territory : Meru, 

 xi. 1905 (Dr. Y. Sjostedt). 



Described from fifteen specimens. 



Subfamily Alcidinm. 



Alcides lidformis, sp. n. (PI. XIII. fig. 11.) 



$ <j> . Ground-colour black, with the elytra, anterior 

 margin of prothorax, apex of femora, and the tarsal claws 



