2 Coleoptera. 



4. Dromius sellatus Motsch. — A single specimen from Cairo. 

 It is not without some hesitation that I refer this specimen to 

 the present species. The shortness of the original diagnosis pre- 

 cludes a definite judgement. 



5. Tetragonoderus assuanensis n. sp. 



Supra obscuro-ceneus, elytris oblongis, sat depressis, vitta lata, 

 postice sinuata pallida: antennis, tibiis, tarsisque rufo4estaceis, 

 femoribus nigris. Long 7 mm. 



Long and flat, on the upper sides slightly shiny in metallic 

 colours; the thorax transverse, sharply tapering behind, in front 

 and behind finely and longitudinally striated, the rest smooth; 

 the elytra shiny, flat with distinct but not very deep striae. The 

 basal part of the yellow stripe is extended over the 4 th to the 

 7 th interval, at the apex it reaches from the 4 th to the 8 th . 



Closely related to T. quadrum Ol. and interruptus Dej., to 

 which it forms a transition. In the yellow marking of the elytra 

 it suggests the former, in the shape of the thorax it approaches 

 the latter. The thorax, however, is broader and somewhat more 

 square in form than with T. interruptus Dej. 



To specimens from Assuan (24: I). 



6. Graphipterus serrator Forsk. — A specimen from Cairo. 

 Previously known from Barbary, Egypt and Algeria. 



7. Scarites aegyptianus n. sp. 



Elongatus, niger, nitidus: capite distincte striolato. postice 

 sublcevi: thorace basin versus angustato, medio profunde canalicu- 

 lato, angulis posterioribus dente distincto instructis; elytris paral- 

 lelism sat convexis, profunde striatis, strii* distincte crenatis. Long. 

 18 mm. 



Closely related to 8c. depressus Boh., but very well distin- 

 guished from this species by the stronger thorax and the more 

 projected posterior-angles of the latter, by the elytrae which are 

 a little broader and are crenulated with strong and distinct 

 striae and by the smaller and longer final joint of the antennae. 



One specimen from Cairo. 



8. Dyschirius minutus Dej. 



A single specimen from Assuan (24: I), which, I believe, is 

 to be referred to this species. 



