454 Mr. C. J. Gal.an on 



Black and somewhat shiny. Head distinctly but not 

 thickly punctured. Prothorax transverse, slightly produced 

 in front at the antero-lateral angles, rather sparingly punc- 

 tured above, transversely wrinkled towards the sides, with a 

 short linear groove along the middle of the disk and an 

 obliquely transverse impression on each side. Elytra oval, 

 convex above, strongly declivous behind; each with four 

 longitudinal costffi, the intervals between which are divided 

 up into a number of small rectangular areas by means of 

 short, transverse, raised lines : the fourth or external costa is 

 obtuse and covered with a number of small granules ; the 

 deflexed side below it is somewhat uneven and bears a number 

 of ill-defined granules ; the interval between the third costa 

 and the fourth is broader and more concave than the others, 

 and the transverse lines dividing it are less well defined. 

 The prosternal process is strongly declivous, almost vertical 

 behind, but is not produced, and the mesosternal process 

 slopes gradually in front and presents no tubercle or swelling. 



Adesmia consimih's, sp. n. 



Ovata, nigra, nitida ; capita irregulariter fortiterque punctato ; 

 pronoto dense rude punctato, lateribus antice productis ; elytris 

 supra convexis, cancellato-sculpturatis, postice valde declivis, 

 utrisque costis quatuor longitudinalibus quarum duabus exteriori- 

 bus ad basin conjunctis, latere deflexo subrugoso ; prosterno 

 postice pauUo producto ; mesosterno antice iu medio obtuse tuber- 

 culato. 



Long. 12-15, lat. 7-10 mm. 



Hah. Somaliland {E. Lort Phillips). 



This species is somewhat like the preceding one in the 

 sculpturing of the elytra, but the transverse lines between the 

 longitudinal costaj are less regular and distinct, and the third 

 and fourth costge on each side unite together at the base. It 

 differs more particularly, however, in its shorter form and in 

 the close coarse punctuation of the head and pronotum ; the 

 prosternal process, also, is more horizontal below and is 

 slightly produced behind, to rest against an obtuse tubercle 

 which lies on the anterior face of the mesosternura. 



Vieta clyyeata^ sp. n. 



Squamis pallida griseis fere omnino tecta ; clypeo antice triangu- 

 lariter producto et paullo curvato ; prothorace utrinque tuberculo 

 bifurcato armato, supra medio paullo elevato et antice tuberculis 

 duobus approximatis instructo ; elytris sat valde denseque punc- 



