Mr. C. J. (laliaii on new Lowjicorn Coleoptera. 465 



^rhe species is characterized furtlicr by some raised lines 

 on each elytron, ot' which one near the suture is more distinct 

 tlian the rest, the intervals between which are somewhat 

 irregularly punctured. In addition to the numerous small 

 brown dots each elytron has tour small brownish patches — 

 one obli(iue basal, one oblique median, the third also oblique 

 at some distance from the apex, the last at the apex. 



DiadeUa x-fasciata, sp. n. 



Angusta, elongata. fulvo-griseo leviter piibescens ; maculis minimis 

 brunneis variegata ; prothorace supra leviter trituberculato ; 

 elytris singulis fasciis duubus brunneis valde obliquis ad suturam 

 connexis, apicibus subobliijuiter truncatis ; antennis corpore 

 longioribu^, articulis basi pallidis, apicibus brunneo-ferrugineis. 



Long. 12, lut. 4 mm. 



Hah. Imerina Mountains. 



I am not certain that I do riglit to refer this species to 

 DiadeUa. It has slightly larger eyes and a narrower front 

 to the head than has D. hiplag'iata^ and the mesosternal 

 process is almost flat and is destitute of a tubercle. The 

 elytra bear indications of raised lines, in the intervals between 

 which they are irregularly and not very thickly punctured. 

 There is a slight hump or swellin^r on the disk of each 

 elytron at a short distance behind tlie base. The apices of 

 the elytra are less obliquely truncate than in hiplagiata. The 

 species may further be recognized by the fulvous-grey pabes- 

 cence, minutely speckled with brown, and by the two oblique 

 narrow brownish bands on each elytron — one beginning close 

 to the margin just in front of the middle and directed back- 

 wards to the suture, the other at some distance behind the 

 middle and directed forwards towards the suture, where a 

 short longitudinal band joins the two. 



Ancylistes bellus, sp. n. 



A. bicuspi similis, sed difFert inter alia elytria fere irapunctatis, 

 fascia transversa mediana nigro-velutina. 



Ilab. Antananarivo [Kingdon). 



Head with the eyes small, the front large and slightly 

 convex. Prothorax broad and convex in front, abruptly and 

 strongly constricted at the base, obtusely and feebly dilated 

 above the middle of each side ; the disk marked with nume- 

 rous longitudinal and slightly curved stria?. The elytra, 

 strongly and transversely depressed behind the highly elevated 

 and acute basal tubercles, are crossed at the middle by a 



