^8 Mr. G. J. Arrow on Beetles 



undiquc cnrvalis, poslice ampliatis, aiip;iili9 suturalibus obtusis; 

 ])ropyf!;idio siibtilissime riijj;oso atquo flavo-liirto, medio longitu- 

 dinaliter recte canaliculato. pvgidio subtilitcr punctato-nigoso, 

 brcvitor liirto ; corpore subtus dense, pectorc sat longe, abdomine 

 brcviter, hirtis ; pedibus antennisquo nigris, hanim clava flava, 

 tibiis anticis fortiter tridentatis, unguibus medio longe dentatis. 

 Long. 28 ram. 



Jlah. Bkit. East Afkica, Nengla. 



This is the largest of these beetles and is clothed above 

 with scales of larger size, and therefore closer together, than 

 in the others. These scales are of a bright yellow colour and 

 the surface beneath them is quite black and much more 

 shining than in the other species. The scutellum and a large 

 patch extending from the shoulder to the middle of each 

 elytron are smooth and bare of scales. There is also in our 

 .specimen a very minute bare spot upon each side of the pro- 

 thorax. The lateral margins of the latter are more strongly 

 anguhited behind the middle and the front angles also are 

 move acute than in the remaining species. A noteworthy 

 feature is the bright yellow club of the antenna. 



] would add to tlic generic characters given by the original 

 describer an interesting one, only noticed by him cursorily as 

 occurring in A. tmnsvaalensis, but which affords perhaps the 

 best means of recognizing all the members of the genus, viz. 

 the sharply-cut channel upon the propygidium, which serves 

 evidently to hold the elytra in position by the fitting into it 

 of prrjecting ridges upon their inner margins. 



llerr Bi enske tells me that he has yet another representative 

 of Asthenoj'holis from Bechuanaiand, making in all five known 

 species (assuming the identity of A, adspersa and trans- 

 vaalensis) . 



Eulepida mashona, sp. n. 



(^)vata, robusta, nigra, supra rufescens, dense fiilvo-s(juamosa, 

 pectore liirto, cajnte crebre punctato, squamis setiforrnibus dense 

 vestito, oculis baud magnis, clypco panic ])iIobato : prothoracc 

 scutelloque subtiliter punctatis, squamis rainutis decumbentibus 

 tectis ; elytris convexis, baud loiigis, vage costatis, grosse jmne- 

 tatis, iuteretitiis minutissirae sed baud dense punctulatis, squamis 

 minoribus ct magis setiformiltus tectis, callis apicalibus paulo 

 l)rominentibii8 inconspicuc albo-setosis, angulis suturalibus fere 

 rectis, baud curvatis ; ])ygidio utrius(]ue sexus fere a^qunlitcr 

 Irilaterali, nigro, f ulvo-liirto ; corpore subtus nigro, pectore fulvo- 

 villoso, abdomine parum dense griseo-setoso ; tibiis anlicis acute 

 bidentatis; maris clava antennali fere ad stipitem longitudino 

 a'quali. 



Long. 25-20 mm. 



