194 Mr. G. C. Champion on the 



posteriorly, thickly nigro-pilose above, sparsely, finely 

 pubescent beneath, the abdomen with a few long projecting 

 hairs at the tip ; bluish-green, the basal three joints of the 

 antennae (the others black), the legs (the tips of the tarsi 

 excepted), and the posterior margin of the ventral segments 

 5 and 6 rufo-testaceous ; the head and prothorax closely 

 punctulate and reticulate, the prothorax subgranulate. 

 Head rather short; an ten use relatively long, the joints 

 somewhat loosely articulated, 4-10 acutely triangular. Pro- 

 thorax broader than long, rounded at the sides, narrowed 

 anteriorly, canaliculate, the lateral carina sharp and feebly 

 sinuate, the margins set with small projecting teeth. Elytra 

 much broader than the prothorax, widening to near the apex, 

 rather feebly tricostate, the interspaces triseriate-punctate, 

 the margins narrowly explanate and interiorly erenulate. 

 Ventral segment 5 feebly arcuate-emarginate, 6 (so far as 

 visible) subtruncate. Legs slender, shining, the tarsal claws 

 toothed near the tip. 



Length 4f, breadth 2 T ] mm. 



Hub. E. Africa, Victoria Falls of the Zambesi, left bank, 

 alt. about 3000 feet (Dr. Long staff, in Mus. Oxon.: 18. ix. 

 1905). 



One example. Smaller, less convex, and more thickly 

 pilose than M. denticulata, from Angola, the antennae elon- 

 gate, the elytral interspaces triseriate-punctate. 



44. Melyris atricomis, sp. n. 



? . Elongate, narrow, rather convex, moderately shining, 

 green, the antennae and legs black, clothed with short decum- 

 bent, blackish pubescence, the abdomen with long black hairs 

 at tip ; the head and prothorax closely punctulate and 

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

 broadly widened, and closely articulated, forming an elon- 

 gate club. Prothorax broader thau long, gradually, arcuately 

 narrowed from the base, sulcate, the lateral carina sinuous, 

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

 Elytra subparallel, wider than the prothorax, sharply tri- 

 costate to near the tip, the interspaces triseriate-punctate 

 and feebly, transversely plicate, the inferior apical margin 

 finely erenulate. Ventral segment 5 unimpressed. Legs 

 rather slender ; tarsal claws moderately long, sharply toothed 

 at about the middle. 



Length 5, breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. E. Africa, Dedza District, Central Angoniland. 

 alt. 4000-5000 ft. (S. A. Neave : v. 1910). 



