276 Mr. G. Lewis on 



and densely punctured, and the ridge dividing the latter seg- 

 ment is rounded oft' and not very prominent ; tlie prosternum 

 is arched at the base and closely punctured ; the niesosternum 

 has a marginal stria only at the sides, surface evenly punctate, 

 and the punctures are much hirger tiian those ot the pro- 

 sternum ; the metasternum^ the punctuation varies in size 

 and is scattered, especially in the median area; the first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen is densely punctured, very similarly 

 to that of the prosternum ; the anterior tibiai are G-dentate 

 and the legs red. 



IJab. Jataliy, Province of Goyaz, Brazil [E. Grounelle). 



Teretrius pllimanus, Mars. 

 Dr. II. Brauns has sent me from Willowmore, Cape Colony, 

 the female of this species; it is much less robust than the 

 male and the long hair is wanting on the anterior tibiaB. I 

 have Marseul's type specimen from the Chevrolat collection 

 which 1 purchased in 1877 ; it is a male. 



Ttretrius J\Jars/ialli, sp. n. 

 Cjlindricus, brevis, iiiger, nitidiis, anteuuis pcdibusqne rufis, supra 



parce punctatus ; pronoto stria iiitogra aiitice tcuuiter iraprcssa ; 



prosterno antice truucato, bistriato, striis antice paululiim 



divergentibus. 

 L. l|-2 mill. 



Cylindrical, rather short, black and shining; the head 

 convex above, vertex and epistoma finely or rather sparingly 

 punctured, but along the base and the lateral border the 

 punctures are much larger, striate over the eyes; the thorax 

 and the elytra are more evenly punctured, and the punctures 

 are much larger than those of T. punctulatus, Bohra, the 

 sutural edge is narrowly smooth ; the propygidium and 

 pygidium are evenly punctured ; the prosternum is niar- 

 ginate and anteriorly truncate, surface with shallow punctures, 

 striae reach tlie suture from the base and slightly and gradually 

 diverge in front of the coxoe ; the mesosternum is marginate 

 anteriorly and the acumination is impressed behind the mar- 

 ginal stria ; the anterior femora are distinctly punctate and 

 the anterior tibige are 5-6-dentate. 



T. punctulatus, Bohm, is much larger than T. Marshalli^ 

 but it is similar to it in the form of the prosternal striaj, in 

 the punctuation of the anterior femora, and in the scape of the 

 antennae being free of pilosity in the male. Marseul's mea- 

 surement of 3 mill, for T. puactulatus is less than the length 

 of ordhiary specimens of that species. 



Hab. Salisbury, Mashonaland {Guy A. K. Marshall). 



