Species of CmciiWomdiB from Africa. 383 



flattened, coarsely punctate throughout, and clothed with 

 pale scales and recumbent huif or brownish setpe ; the 

 stronj^ly convex eyes deepest much behind the middle. 

 Rostrum parallel-sided, the dorsal edges rounded, the basal 

 half of the dorsum clothed with scales and setge, the apical 

 half (comprising the epistonie) bare, shiny, and coarsely 

 punctate. Antennce setose and without scaling ; joint 2 of 

 the funicle a little shorter than 1, 3 and 4 each shorter still, 

 4 to 6 of about equal lengths but widening outwardly, 

 6 being distinctly transverse. Pruthorax very slightly 

 broader than long, the sides gently rounded, almost parallel 

 in the basal half, the truncate apex much narrower than the 

 gently arcuate base, the apical margin sloping obliquely 

 backwards at the sides and without postocular lobes ; the 

 upper surface convex, with the apex a little lower than the 

 base, shallowly and reticulately punctate, the intervals very 

 finely shagreened, and without any median furrow or carina. 

 Elytra broad, oblong-ovate, the shoulders rounded sul)rect- 

 angular, thence parallel-sided to beyond the middle ; the 

 strise rather shallow, with deep separated jjunctures, the 

 intervals slightly convex and evenly raised, with irregular 

 rows of recumbent setro, and with a low prc-apical callus ; 

 the scales subtriangulai", not overlapping, and a little smaller 

 than those on the protliorax. Legs with separated pale 

 scales and recumbent setae, the tibia? usually with a dark 

 band above the middle. 



Length 5-6*5 mm., breadth 2"5-3*5 mm. 



Natal: Malvern [C.N. Barker — type); Undcomaas Mouth, 

 ix. 1897 (G. A. K. M.). Portuguese E. Afkica : Caia, 

 Zambesi R., ix. 1910 [Dr. H. Swale). Uganda: Daro 

 Forest, Toro, 1000-4500 ft., x. 1911 [Dr. S. A. Neave). 



The male genitalia (text-fig. 2) are of a normal Hyperine 

 type. The median lobe {a) is in the form of a very strongly 

 arched, broad, open trough, which is abruptly narrowed at 

 the functional oiitici;; on tlie lower surface near the orilice 

 there is a median sharp longitudinal carina ; the apex of the 

 lobe is shortly jjointed and the lateral margin on each side 

 of it is broadly lobatc ; the struts are almost hinged at their 

 junction and are a little longer than the lobe. The sac, 

 when unevertcd, extends backwards a little beyond the ends 

 of the struts ; the distal half is densely set internally with 

 minute spicules, in front of whicii lie four syninietrically 

 placed, elongate, longitudinal chitinous plates, the rest of 

 the sac being simple. The tegmen is nearly membranous 

 on the dorsal half of the ring, and its strut is about as broad 



