21 Dr. G. A. K. '^LirshaU on Afriein 



extrc^me base ; mctastenium shorter than the mid-coxro, 

 with a distinct antocoxal fold, the episternum produced 

 inwards at the base, the episternal suture visible only in the 

 basal half^ the hind cox<ie meeting the elytra. Venter with 

 the intercoxal process angalated and narrower than the hind 

 coxffi, the hind margin of segment 1 sinuate, and segment 2 

 longer than 3 and 1 together. Le^f with the femora mode- 

 rately clavate; tibire straight and cylindrical, not mucronate 

 at the apex, the hind corbels open and bare ; tarsi broad, 

 the claws connate. 



^ unknown. 



Genotype, Synechops irregularis, sp. n. 



A rather isolated genus, readily distinguished by the 

 following combination of characters : the complete absence 

 of any dividing-line l)etvveen the rostrum and forehead, the 

 open corbels of the hind tibise, and the simple mandibles. 



Synechops irregularis, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 8.) 



$ . Black, with uniform, dense, sand-coloured scaling. 



Head rather strongly convex transversely, shallowly im- 

 pressed on each side behind the eyes, the long scale-like 

 setpe quite recumi;ent; eyes nearly circular and liemi- 

 spherical. Rostrum stout, parallel-sided, almost flat al)ove, 

 but with the dorsal edges gradually rounded away, with 

 coarse confluent punctation (mostly hidden by scaling) aiul 

 with a central furrow (continuous with that on the liead) 

 from the base to the middle. Antennce with joints 3-7 of 

 almost equal length, but 7 distinctly broader than the 

 others, trapezoidal, Prothorax broader than long (2f x2), 

 the sides moderately rounded, broadest a little before the 

 middle, with a very shallow transverse impression at about 

 one-fourth from the apex, the basal margin very gently 

 arcuate and not raised, the apex truncate ; the upper surface 

 with coarse continent punctation (mostly hidden by the 

 scaling and stout recumbent setcc) and no central furrow or 

 carina, but with some irregular impressions on each side 

 behind the middle ; the dorsal outline almost level, forming 

 a continuous curve with that of the rostrum and head. 

 Elytra oblong-ovate, rather broadly rounded behind (as seen 

 directly from above), the basal margin gently sinuate ; the 

 dorsal outline rising from the scutellum, then almost flat, 

 and sloping steeply behind, the apical part quite vertical; 

 the punctation coarse and quite irregular, except for a row 



