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67. Hapaloclirus scabrosus, sp. n. 



$ . Elongate, opaque above, sliiniug beneath, clothed, the 

 legs included, with very long, erect, blackish hairs ; bluish- 

 green, the dorsal surface of the abdomen (the last three 

 segments excepted) red, the antennae (the basal joint in part 

 excepted), palpi, and legs black or metallic. Head and pro- 

 thorax rather small, densely scabroso-punctulate, the latter 

 broader than long, abruptl}', sinuately narrowed posteriorly, 

 and with shallow basal depression. Elytra long, somewhat 

 inflated, about as broad as the prothorax at the base, widened 

 to about the middle, the sides rounded from a little below 

 the base to the apex ; coarsely, coufiuently, rugosely punc- 

 tate, the raised interspaces dull, densely punctulate. Wings 

 abbreviated. 



Length 4|, breadth 2\ mm. 



Hab. E. Africa, Mau, Masai Reserve (Capt. A. O. Luck- 

 man : 7. i. 1914). 



One specimen, injured by pinning. Differs from the 

 other species Avith subapterous females, H. amplipennis, 

 mudestus, semicupreus, &c., by the opaque upper surface, the 

 densely punctulate, scabrous head and prothorax, and the 

 very coarsely, confluently punctured elytra, the insect thus 

 flaving a different aspect from any of its allies. It is one of 

 several new Malacoderms discovered by Capt. Luckmau in 

 Central Africa. 



Key to the Asiatic Species. 



26 (26). Anteuiise flabellate ; anterior tarsal joint 2 pro- 

 louged above ; body metallic. [Malayan 

 region.] Sj)ecies 68, 69. 



26 (25). Antennae serrate; anterior tarsal joint 2 pro- 



longed above. 



27 (32). Elytra maculate. 



28 (29). Intermediate trochanters scapbiform (No. 70) 



or produced into a downwardly-directed lobe 

 (No. 71) ; intermediate tibiae slightly thick- 

 ened, sinuate ^Yithin. [India, Burma. &c.] . Species 70, 71. 



29 (28). Intermediate trochanters and tibiae simple. 



30 (31). Anterior trochanters toothed. [India.] Species 72. 



31 (30). Anterior trochanters unarmed. [Persia.] .... Species 73. 



32 (27). Elytra not maculate; body metallic ; anterior 



trochanters, -with a short tooth ; intermediate 

 tibiieincrassateandappendiculate. [Arabia.] Species 74. 



