Specie.t of Cnvcu\\c)n](]iv from Africa. 391 



sided from the base to l)e}'oud the middle, thence abruptly 

 narrowed and constricted ; tlie biise sliallowly bisinuate, the 

 apex truncate dorsally, the longitudinal outline gently 

 convex ; tlie whole surface witli coarsely reticulate |)unctures 

 (almost entirely hidden by tlie scaling), Avithout any median 

 furrow or carina, and with eight scale-tufts : two on tlie 

 front margin, one on each edge of the brown stripe ; one on 

 each of the lateral angles formed by the narrowing of the 

 sides ; two dorsal ones in the same transverse line with 

 the latter \)^\y, and placed on the lateral edges of the brown 

 patch ; and a smaller dorsal pair mid-way between these and 

 the base. Scutellum narrow, densely scaled, with the base 

 raised into a small bare promincMice. Elytra with the 

 base jointly trisinuute, the shoulders roundly i)rominent, 

 the sides gently rounded, and ihe apices divergent ; the 

 striae shallow, containing very deep separated punctures, 

 visible through the scaling, and each bearing a small black 

 granule on each side when the scaling is removed ; the 

 intervals almost flat, rugosely punctate beneath the scaling, 

 becoming granulate towards the base, with the following 

 scale-tufts : interval 2 with two small ones before the 

 middle, a large one at the middle, and another not far behind 

 it ; 4 with a row ot five; H with one behind the shoulder 

 and another at the middle ; and 8 with one behind the 

 shoulder, anotiier before the middle, and a third towards 

 the apex. Legs reticulately punctate and densely squamose; 

 all the tibise with a stout squamose tooth on the dorsal edge 

 not far from the base, both the anterior j)airs angulate at the 

 middle on the lower edge and with a short external apical 

 projection, and the hind pair with a vi^ry long sharp tooth 

 beyond the middle on the lower edge. 



Leiiylh 3'5-4'5 mm., breadth 2-2" f mm. 



Capk Pkovince : Willowniore, iv. 1901 {Dr. H. Bruuns) ; 

 Uilcnhage, xii. 1903 and ii. 1904 [Fattier J. A. O'Neit). 

 S. KiiouEsiA-: Salisbury, ix. 1900 {G. A. K. M). Portu- 

 guese E. Africa : Bcira, vi. 1900 [P. A. Sfieppurd — type), 

 xi. 1900 (G. A. K. M.). Tanganyika Tekuitory : Meru, 

 xi. 1905 {^Dr. Y. Sjosiedt). 



Described from fifteen specimens. 



Subfamily Alcidin^. 



Alciiles ti.tiforiHis, sp. n. (1*1. XIll. tig. II.) 



(^ ? . Ground-colour black, with the elytra, antcru)r 

 maigiu of prothorax, apex of femora, and the tarsal claw» 



