from South and West Africa, 85 



hind angles right, the whole surface obsoletelj, but rugosely, 

 punctured, the disk shining, cliannelled in the middle only, 

 scarcely carinate, but with a smooth line in front, of a dirty 

 bone-yellow, but tlie basal portion within the rather straiglit 

 sulci ochraceous, the central channel is wide, but short. 

 The elytra are shorter by a fourth part than the abdomen, 

 they are attenuated and shrivelled (which is probably their 

 normal condition from their being very thin) ; the body 

 beneath is bone-colour, the margins of each segment are paler. 



This insect is about the size of, and somewhat like, the 

 European L. Lareymei. The shortening of the elytra is a 

 character shared with L. Huddiy Gorh., but not to the same 

 degree. 



Lampyris natalensis. 



Lami)yris natalensis, Boliem. Ins. Caffr. p. 442. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall, at light) j Lake 

 Nyasa [coll. Gorham). 



To this I refer three specimens from Salisbury which have 

 the disk of the thorax with a nearly square black spot placed 

 posteriorly, but not touching the base, and the elytra fuscous 

 with the suture and margins pale. 



Lampyris troglodytes. 

 Lampyris troglodytes, Boliem. Ins. CafFr. p. 444. 



Hah. Natal, Tugela River [Marshall). 

 Four examples. 



Fam. Telephoridae. 

 Telephorus [Gantharis) circumdatus. 

 Telephoriis {Cdntharis) circumdata, Bohem. Ins. Caffr. p. 456. 

 Hab. Natal, Estcourt (Marshall). 



IchthyuruSy sp. ? 



Malthinus australis, Peringuey. 



Hah. Natal, 4944 [Marshall). 



A single female labelled with M. Peringuey's name belongs 

 to this genus, but cannot be identified by that sex alone. 



Prosthaptus, gen. nov. 



Corpus parvuni, quasi Maltliodis. Antennoe 11-articulatae. maris 

 tertio incrassato, quam secundus duplo longiore, quarto ad 

 septimum parum elongatis, subasqualibus, octavo quam septimus 

 sesqui lougLore, tribus ultimis debilibus, quam praecedentes miiltu 



