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? . Ventral segment 5 deeply foveate in the middle, 

 6 cleft. 



Hab. E Africa, Banks of Nile near Kakindu, alt. 3100 ft., 

 Uganda Protectorate (S. A. Neave : 24,25. viii. 1911 : ? ), 

 Kashitu in N. Rhodesia (H. C. Dollman : v*i. 1915 : $ $ ). 



Described from a long series found by the late H. C. Doll- 

 man on the (lowers of shrubs in June 1915, and two females 

 captured some years previously by Dr. Neave. Very near 

 the somewhat variable M. parvula, Gerst., which occurred 

 also at Kashitu; but separable therefrom by the more 

 transverse prothorax, which is also less narrowed in front, 

 and the deeply foveate fifth ventral segment of ? . The less 

 elongate shape, shorter antennae and legs, and the more 

 feebly developed tarsal claws distinguish M. brevicollis from 

 M. hacquardi. 



42. Melyris piligera, sp. n. 



? . Elongate, rather dull above, shining beneath ; green, 

 the antenna! joints 2-4, the trochanters, femora, and tibia? 

 rijfo-testaceous, the rest of the antennae and the tarsi black ; 

 thickly clothed with rather long, decumbent, blackish hairs, 

 these forming a close curled fringe along the margins of the 

 prothorax and elytra, the apex of the abdomen with long 

 black hairs ; the head and prothorax closely punctulate and 

 reticulate. Head short; antennae short, joints 5-11 closely 

 articulated and broadly widened, forming au elongate club. 

 Prothorax transverse, gradually, arcuately narrowed from 

 the base, feebly canaliculate, the lateral carina sinuate 

 sharp, the hind angles obtuse, the margins finely crenulate. 

 Ehtra at the base a little broader than the' prothorax 

 moderately elongate, widened posteriorly, sharply tricostate 

 to near the tip, the interspaces with four rows of not very 

 coarse punctures, the inferior apical margin crenulate. 

 Beneath closely punctured. Legs rather stout ; tarsal 

 claws sharply toothed beyond the middle. 



Length 63, breadth 2| mm. 



Hab. E. Central Africa, Ohilangwa in N.W. Rhodesia 

 (R. C. J rood: 21. vii. 1913). 



One specimen, gmaller, narrower, and less robust than 

 M. apicalis, Harold, the under surface wholly green, the 

 upper surface thickly clothed with decumbent blackish 

 hairs, the elytral somewhat regularly quadriseriate-punctate. 



43. Melyris serrata, sp. 11. 



tS . Moderately elongate, somewhat depressed, widened 



