210 Mr. G. C. Champion on the 



the inferior margin feebly crenulate. Tarsal claws very 

 long, feebly toothed near the tip. Trochanters each with a 

 small tuft of long bristly hairs at the base beneath in both 

 sexes. 



$ . Intermediate (fig. 6) and posterior tarsi (fig. 7) with 

 the basal joint drawn out into a long - , stout, curved spur at 

 the apex beneath, 2 oblique ; ventral segment 5 with a 

 transverse arcuate depression in front of the apical emar- 

 gination, 6 short, not arched at the tip ; median lobe of 

 aedcagus blunt at the apex. 



Length 7-9, breadth 3-3| mm. ( <$ ? '.) 



Hab. Arabia, Lahej [Col. Yerbury : c?),El Hedjaz and 

 Yemen [Millingen : $ ? ). 



Three males and two females. Extremely like M. klugi, 

 and occurring at the same localities, but separable therefrom 

 by the very coarsely punctured head and the apically pro- 

 duced, spur-like basal joint of the middle and hind tarsi in $ . 

 The insect provisionally identified as M. (Zygia) notaticollis, 

 Pic, type from Obock, has very similar tarsal characters. 



67. Melyris cucullata, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, moderately shining, the elytra dull; bluish- 

 green, the lower surface (including the sternal side-pieces), 

 joints 1-5 of the antennae, and legs (the black tarsi excepted) 

 rufo-testaceous, the rest of the antenna? black ; very finely 

 pubescent, the lower surface with longer pallid hairs, the 

 abdomen with long black hairs at the tip. Head short, 

 coarsely umbilicate-punctate ; antennas somewhat loosely 

 articulated. Prothorax slightly flattened on the disc, a little 

 broader than long, trapezoidal, the sides crenulate, sinuate 

 towards the base, the hind angles sharp and directed out- 

 ward ; alutaceous and rather sparsely punctured, canalicu- 

 late, the lateral carina sharp, sinuate, the anterior margin 

 strongly raised. Elytra long, subparallel, much wider than 

 the prothorax ; tricostate, the interspaces rugulose, with 

 about four rows of rather fine punctures. Trochanters each 

 with a long, coarse, blackish seta. Tarsi simple, the claws 

 long, toothed near the tip. Ventral segment 5 broadly 

 hollowed at apex, 6 excavate on each side of the convex 

 median portion, triangularly emarginate at tip, the pointed 

 apex of the median lobe of the aedeagus visible in the aperture. 



Length 8i, breadth 3i mm. 



Hab. Arabia, Yemen {Millingen). 



One male. This insect has the general shape of the 



