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sulcate. Elytra entire, thickly and somewhat finely punctate ; 

 humeral angles prominent and subnodulose ; lateral margins 

 slightly concave towards middle, narrowed towards apices. 

 Posterior tibiae inwardly bispinous at apices ; anterior and 

 intermediate femora coarsely punctate, posterior femora finel/ 

 and sparingly punctate. 



Long. 20 millim. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay. 



Ilelymceus alhicorniSf sp. n. 

 HelymcBus cyanijyennis, ^S., Dej. (nom. preeocc. by Thomson). 



Black ; elytra cyaneous, in one specimen olivaceous ; pro- 

 notal angles cretaceous. 



Head, including front, coarsely punctate and subrugulose, 

 anterior margin strongly incrassated ; antennae with the basal 

 joint incrassated and coarsely punctate, Pronotum about as 

 broad as long, very thickly and coarsely punctate and tessel- 

 late, lateral margins ampliated, obtusely angulate, and creta- 

 ceously hirsute. Scutellum triangular and sulcate. Elytra 

 very thickly and coarsely punctate, the humeral angles sub- 

 nodulose, lateral margins slightly concavely sinuate, apices 

 truncate. Lateral margins of pro-, meso-, and metanotum, 

 and margins of abdomen beneath eretaceously hirsute. 

 Femora apically clavate, posterior femora extending a little 

 beyond apex of abdomen. 



Long. 13-15 millim. 

 - Hah. Delagoa Bay. 



The markings of the pronotum resemble those of the species 

 described and figured by Gerstaecker under the name of 

 Closteromerus insignis. 



Apiogaster mahota, sp. n. 



Black ; clavate portion of anterior femora and rather more 

 than basal half of elytra orange-yellow. 



Head coarsely punctate and scabrous ; antennae shorter 

 than the body, joints 1 to 4 coarsely punctate, remaining 

 joints tomentose. Pronotum much longer than broad, rugn- 

 lose, constricted anteriorly. Elytra very coarsely and thickly 

 punctate, their bases narrowly convex, levigate and subnodu- 

 lose, lateral margins moderately concavely sinuate, apices 

 angulate ; each elytron with a prominent raised longitudinal 

 line. Sternum very coarsely punctate- body beneath very 

 finely pilose. 



Long. 10 millim. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay. 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. i. 29 



