Genera of HV/i/^Avix Hracliytlcrina?. 1) 



(beneath the scalinjj), and eacli bearing a single row of stout, 

 fhittencd, erect set;e. 



LfKtflfi 1— tif nun., brcKlth 2i-2J mm. 



I'oRTi'ouKSB K. Akkica: lU'ira ( /'. .1. S/if/jpfird). 



This species probal)!)' represents on tlie coast the very 

 cl.'>*ely allied l\ kirschi, Kst., which at present is known only 

 from Nyasaland. 'llie latter difVcrs in havinj; the sides 

 of the prothorax simply rounded and not denticulate, the 

 lateral areas of the rostrum are not imprcssiid, the sct;e on 

 the tdvtra are distinctly i()n;;er and more sleiulcr, and the 

 scales on the elytra are for tlie most part rather sharply 

 pointed behind instead of beiiij; broadly rounded. 



Described from 1 cf ''^"d 5 'i ^ . 



Genus Brauvuamon, uov. 



Head with a short central furrow and slightly raised at 

 the sides to form an obtuse eyebrow, which is higher behind 

 than in front ; eyes (juite lateral, nearly circular, moderately 

 prominent, aiul not produced backwards. Ros/riim sub- 

 quadrate, se[)arated from the forehead by a deep sinuous 

 furrow that distinctly reaches the sides, lower surface 

 tia'tened or sli<;htly concave : cpistome forming a sharp 

 acute angle behinrl, the bounding cariiue unusually high 

 and finely laminate, the front margin rather shorter than 

 the siiles ; mandibles multisetosc, not s(|uamose, with a 

 median tooth, the sear flat and almost circular ; mentiim 

 bare, somewhat sunk in its cavity ; genai deeply impressed 

 the posterior angle rather prorninesit. AnteniKS with the 

 scape a))i uptly clavate and reaching about the middle of the 

 eye; tuniele squamose, joint 1 equal to or longer than '2, 

 the others short, 7 the broadest. Scutellum invisible. Elutra 

 with the sides forming a straight slope from the base to 

 the wcU-niarkcd subhumcral prominence, the basal margin 

 sinuate ; in profile, the outline of the posterior declivitv 

 forms almost a semicircle, the apex being iniiexcd so that 

 it lies in front of the middle of the declivity. Sternum 

 with the gular margin gently sinuate, the ccntro-sternite 

 forming an elongate tubercle ; nicsepisternnm meeting or 

 or very narrowly separated from the elytra ; melastcrnum 

 much shorter than the mid-cox.'v, with a distinct antecoxal 

 fold, the episternal furrow deep and complete, the c|)isternum 

 narnjw and not ungulate inwardly at the base, the hind 

 coxae separated from the elytra. Venter with the intereoxal 

 process gently rounded and as broad as the coxa ; the hind 

 margin of segment 1 curved, so that segment 2 is much 



