22 Dr. G. A. K. Marshall on Afn'cin 



of equal lengtli. Prothorax transverse^ the basal margin 

 finel}' carinate. Scutellum concealed. Elijira sub;^lobose, 

 fitting closely to the prothorax, with a subhuineral pro- 

 minence and irregular punctation. Sternum with the gular 

 margin shallowly sinuate, the coxpe in the middle of the 

 prosternum, the ceiitro-sternite small and tubercular ; mes- 

 episterna narrowly separated fiom the elytra and with a 

 transverse furrow at their extreme base (often hidden by the 

 prosternum) ; metasternum between the coxae distinctly 

 shorter than the mid-coxse and with a strong autecoxal fold, 

 the episternum angularly produced inwards at the base, the 

 episternal suture more or less obliterated at its apex ; the 

 hind coxae narrowly separated from the elytra. Venter with 

 the intercoxal process strongly angulated, and nenrly as 

 broad as the hind coxae; segment 1 with a small sinuation in 

 the middle of the hind margin, segm 'uts 2— J* siibequal in 

 length. Legs comparatively slender, the femora only slightly 

 clavate ; all the tibiae with a row of five to seven stout spiue-s 

 along the inner edge of the apical half, the hind tibite with 

 the corbels o')^iquely terminal, bare and distinctly enclosed; 

 claws connate. 



(J . The last ventral segment bears a large deep impression. 



Genotype, Pseudoblosyrus sharpi, sp. n. 



Superficially just like a Blosyrus, but distinguished, by the 

 setose mentum, the enclosed corbels of the hind tibitp, the 

 angulated base of the metepisternum, and the irregularly 

 foveate and tuberculate elytra. 



Pseudoblosyrus sharpi, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 2). 



cJ ? . Black, not very shiny, "with sparse grey scaling on 

 the elytra and pale bluish scales on the head and pronotum. 



Head with fine shallow punctation, the lateral >ulci almost 

 as deep as the central one; eyes hardly poduced backx^ards, 

 their greatest depth vrell behind the m ddle, the hind edge 

 of the orbit not projecting. Rostrum longer than the head, 

 about as long as broad, almost parallel-sided, somewhat 

 flattened above, with a strong complete (entral costa, which 

 bifurcates near the apex ; adjoining the costa on each side 

 a broad, deep, oblique impression, the jiunctation coarse, but 

 very shallow. AjitenncB with joints 4-6 of the fuuicle sub- 

 equal, bead-like, a little longer than broad, and shorter than 

 3 and 7, which are nearly equal. Protliorax with the sides 

 rather strongly rounded, broadest before the middle, the 

 apical margin truncate, narrower than the base and quite 



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