Scolytid^ from Africa. 323 



and simply punctured, with a median impression from the 

 vertex to near the mouth, its pubescence short, mouth ciliate ; 

 antennal club ovate, with the apex subtruncate, closely and 

 finely pubescent, without trace of superficial sutures. Pro- 

 thorax strongly transverse, much wider in front than the 

 head, its anterior margin concave, the sides gently curved ; 

 surface covered with small granular asperities, stronger at the 

 sides and apical angles, the transverse striga conspicuous, its 

 margins wide, somewhat shelving, nearly smooth and hair- 

 less ; between the anterior margin and the apical border is a 

 fringe of upright hairs. Scutellum minute. Elytra one fourth 

 longer than broad, very strongly rounded at the base, the 

 shoulders obliquely rounded ; covered with decumbent hairs 

 arising from small asperate points, irregularly placed and 

 stronger at the base and sides, the stria? completely obsolete 

 except at the base and extreme apex, where they are very 

 feebly impressed, and have a just discernible row of minute 

 punctures. 



Underside and legs with short yellow pubescence. 



Uab. Begoro in Ashanti. 



I dedicate this species, curious in the obsolescence of the 

 elytral strice, to M. Grouvelle, from whom I have received it. 



The following genus belongs to the Tomicides : — 



Sttracopteeus, gen. no v.* 



Caput globosum, receptum ; oculi ovales, emarginati ; antennarum 

 funiculus brevissimus, 3-articulatus ; clava magna, compressa, 

 latitudiue longior, oblique subovalis, margine inferiors minus, 

 superiore fortius curvato, suturis tribus notata. Prothorax 

 transversus, fere semiglobosus. Elytrorum margo basalis elevatus, 

 crenatus. Coxse anticoe subcontiguae. Pedes fere ut in Lijjarthro 

 constructi, tarsorum articulis 1, 2 perbrevibus. 



Head globose, large, concealed above by the prothorax. 

 Eyes broad-oval, emarginate. Antenna? situated in the 

 ocular emargination, the scape rather long, slender basally, 

 strongly clavate at the apex ; funiculus very short, three- 

 jointed, the second joint conical, the third transverse ; club 

 large, flattened, much longer than broad, its inferior border 

 nearly straight, the superior rounded, the tip subacuminate 

 and situate below the middle line ; surface shining, with three 

 fringed sutures, the first transverse, near the base, the second 

 transverse on the outer face, obliquely curved on the inner 



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