.Mr. W. L. Distant on CorcidiB. 373 



Tlie type of tliLs specios i.s no loii^isr to be touiid ; there 

 are, however, a long .serie.s of .specimens in th(i British 

 Museiun which undoubtedly belong to it, and which have 

 been received from S. Africa, Angola, Zomba, and the 

 Transvaal. 



Anoplocnfitnis gracilicornis. 



Aficfix (/raciiiconn's, Still, Ileui. .\fr. ii. p. 42. n. 22 (ISfWj). 

 Melucha aurulenfct, Walk. Cat. llet. iv. p. ')5. u. 8 (^1871). 



Anoplocnemis phasianus. 



LtiqteHS i>hasianm, Fabr. Spec. ii. p. 361 (1781). 



M'ictis duhia, Dull. Inc. cit. p. .'389. u. l.'i : $ . 



Mictis casUiiwa, Dull. List Hem. ii. p. 36d. u. 14 (18.j2) : $ . 



Micfis lata, Dall. h>c. cit. \\ .390. u. 15 : $ . 



Mictisferrifera, Walk. Cat. Ilet. iv. p. 24. n. o7 (1871). 



P/ii/somerus 77iutiyi)nnis, W'alk. he. cit. p. 01. n. 8 : $. 



Aiiuplocnemis siynata^ sp. n, 



(^. Very dark castaneous, finely ochraceoasly pilose, espe- 

 cially on the pronotum ; apical third of the scutellum oehra- 

 ceons ; antenna3 with the first, second, and third joints casta- 

 neous, fourth joint ochraceous, with its apical half infuscated ; 

 body beneath and legs a little darker in hue, anterior and 

 intermediate tibii^ and all the tarsi castaneous ; sternum 

 densely ochraceously pilose, more or less exhibiting distinct 

 lateral ochraceous lines. Abdomen above reddish, with the 

 margins and apex pitchy. 



?. Slightly paler in hue; abdomen more ochraceously 

 pilose beneath. 



Antennaj pilose, with the first and fourth joints subequal 

 in length, second a little longer than the third ; apex of the 

 second segment of the abdomen in the male produced at 

 centre in aflat oblong process extending about halfway across 

 the third segment. Femora in male strongly incrassated, 

 curved, and distinctly angulated beneath about one third from 

 apex; tibiaj in both sexes compressed, moderately and evenly 

 dilated. 



Long,, J IG niillim., ? 17-18 millim. 



Hub. East Africa, lluwenzori, (5000-8000 feet {Scott 

 Elliot^ Brit. Mus.). 



Apparently allied to A. castancicornis, Stal, from which it 

 differs by the colour of the upper surface of the abdomen, 

 marking of the scutellum, smaller size, &c. 



