42 Mr. C. J. Galian on new Loncjiccrn 



Plocederus Peelei, sp. n. 



Piceus : elytris, pedibus antennisque mfo-bruuneis, griseo subtiliter 

 pub<sceutibus ; prothoiace transversim rugoso, hand longitu- 

 dirialiter impresso ; elytris crebre punctulatis, et punctis parum 

 majoribus sat sparse dispersis impressis, apice quadrispinosis ; 

 anteunis (J) quam eorpore ruulto longioribus, articulo 1° jiiceo, 

 crasso, mgoso et punetulato, articulo 3" ad apicem noduloso, 

 antice hand angulato, articulis 4° ad 10"™ apice antice dentato- 

 productis. 

 Long. 25, lat. 7 mm. 



Bab. Samburu, Brit. E. Africa (G. S. Betton) and Somali- 

 land (C. V.Peele). 



Head, thorax, and underside of body dark brown, covered 

 with a thin greyish pubescence. Prothorax armed with a 

 conical tubercle on each side, transversely wrinkled above, 

 without longitudinal impressions or smooth spaces on the 

 disk. Elytra reddish brown, closely and finely punctured, 

 with some larger punctures rather thickly spread on the basal 

 region, but becoming sparser towards the middle and almost 

 entirely absent from the posterior area; surface covered with 

 a greyish pubescence, not sufficiently dense to conceal the 

 punctures or the colour of the derm ; each elytron bispinose 

 at the apex. Antenna? much longer than the body in the 

 male, a little longer than the body in the female; first joint 

 stout, mgose, and slightly curved ; third joint thickened, but 

 not angulate at the apex ; fourth and following (the last 

 excepted) each produced into an acute angle at the apex. 



Three examples of this species have been seen — two 

 collected by Mr. Betton, the third by Mr. Peele. 



Apiocephalus, gen. nov. {Toxotides). 



Head strongly but gradually narrowed behind the eyes, the 

 latter prominent, coaisely facetted, and very feebly emarginate 

 in front. Antennae longer than the body; first joint slightly 

 curved, gradually thickened from base to apex, and equal in 

 length to the second and third united ; fourth joint a little 

 shorter than the third and distinctly shorter than the fifth ; 

 succeeding joints subequal to one another and to the fifth. 

 Prothorax much narrower in front than at the base, furnished 

 with an acute conical tubercle at the middle of each side, and 

 with four tubercles on the disk — two smaller just in front of, 

 and two larger just behind, the middle. Elytra with the 

 sides nearly parallel in the anterior two thirds, thence con- 

 verging more strongly towards the apex, where each elytron 



