from Mashonaland and East Africa. 91 



punctiformi media excepta) denudatis ; elytris glabris, postico 

 valde atteiiuatis, slriis sex distaritibus ornatis, stria secunda medio 

 fortiter excurvata ; pygidio puiictato, fasciculis albis quatuor 

 ornato, prop3'gidio fasciculis traiisversis duobus ; pectoro toto aljdo- 

 minisqiie segmentis omnibus postice albo-hirtis ; pcdibiis nigris, 

 tibiis auticis acute bideijtatis, mesosterno antico quadrato, baud 

 producto ; antennis nigris. 

 Long. 10 mm. 



JJab. Mashonaland, Salisbury. 



A single t'eajale (taken in November) ha^ been sent bj 

 Mr. Marshall. It is entirely diiferent from all other known 

 African species by its hairy pronotum and the pygidium 

 decorated with four hairy patches. In these respects, as well 

 as its unnietallic black ground-colour, it resembles the Philip- 

 pine P. scalpta, Newm. It is a more elongate insect, how- 

 ever, and, so far as I know, tlie striation of its elytra is of a 

 pattern not observed in any other species. There are six 

 coarsely punctured strise forming dorsally three very broad 

 intervals, resulting from the disappearance of the intermediate 

 striae. 



Phcenomert's rufipennis, Brancs. — Dr. Ohaus has sunk this 

 name as denoting only a variety of P. Beschkei\ Mann. ; but 

 a specimen found at Beira, in Portuguese East Africa, which 

 I have identified as P. rufipennis, is undoubtedly distinct 

 specifically, and Mr. Marshall, who has sent me the specimen 

 and who has seen in all six specimens, tells me in reply to my 

 inquiry that, although it is variable in colour, he has no doubt 

 as to its distinctness from P. Beschkei. P. rufipennis has a 

 fine puncturation over the thorax, scutellum, and elytral inter- 

 stices which is entirely absent from the other species ; the 

 antennal club (in the male at least) is considerably lono-er 

 and the legs in our individual are entirely dark metallic green 

 whereas in P. Beschkei the pale testaceous colour is always 

 visible through the superficial metallic gloss, when that is 

 present. 



Adoretus uniformis^ sp. n. 



Elongato-ovatus, pallide testaceus, undique et uniforme albo- 

 pilosus ; capita magnitudine mediocre, clypeo semicirculari ; pro- 

 thoracis disco crebre punctato, angulis anticis acutis, posticis 

 arcuatis, lateribus modice curvatis, longe ciliatis ; elytris sub- 

 tilissime punctatis, vix perspicue costatis; corpore subtus similiter 

 albo-piloso, segmentis abdomiaalibus areolis denudatis uniseriatim 

 ornatis, singula areola setam validam ferente ; pedibus antennisque 

 pallidis, tarsis brunueis, tibiis anticis fortiter trideutatis, dente 

 supero fere ante medium posito. 



Long. 13 mm. 



