390 



Dr. Malcolm Cameron on 



— Thorax black, the sculpture consisting of 



punctures. 2. 



2. Head between the antennal tubercles 

 smooth and shining; thorax broader, 

 more shining, less closely punctui'ed . pundicollis Kr. 



— Head between the antennal tubercles 



coarsely punctured; thorax narrower, 



lesf. shining, more closely punctured . (96) angusUcoUis Cam. 



Mimomalota Cam. 

 1. Species dark; size larger and more robust (98) hispina Cam. 



— Species in great part testaceous; size 



smallei- and less robust . . . (99) teslacea Cam. 



Neomalota Cam. 

 1. Pitchy or reddish-bro\vn, the elytra black, 

 the abdomen reddish-testaceous, with 

 the 6th segment blackish . . . (100) cingulata Cam, 



Lampromalota Cam. 

 1. Depressed, shining; head and thorax 

 very finely and sparingly punctured; 

 elytra and abdomen fusco-testaceous (101) brunneicollis Cam. 



Homalota Mannerh. 



Antennae in great part black or infuscate. 



Antennae clear reddish-testaceous. 



Elytra more or less testaceous. 



Elytra dark. 



Thorax reddish-brown ; size larger (2 

 mm.) ; 6th and 7th abdominal segments 

 much more sparingly punctured than 

 the preceding .... 



Thorax black; size smaller; 6th and 

 7th abdominal segments similarly 

 punctured to those preceding. 



Head and thorax dull, densely coriaceous, 

 the puncturation confused with the 

 ground-sculpture ; elytra fusco- 

 testaceous ..... 



Head and thorax a little shining, less 

 coriaceous, the pimcturation more 

 distinct from the ground-sculpture; 

 elytia clear testaceous 



platijgaster Kr. 



tuber cidicollis Kr. 



(102) nitescetis Cam. 



