On nt ir .\tii-Zttil(ih(i Colfoj'fn'd. 27.'» 



quite unlike any other, but probaMy luis a j^i eater ntlinitv 

 for (\ vtoloneiji, Init is very tlitb'nut iVt'in that .Hpi cies. It 

 was vcrv aetive and eonstantly in motion, making a careful 

 description (litVieulf. M. L'lLiest intoi tncd ine that it eanic 

 from the Congo, but couM give no exicl locality. 



X X X 1 1 — Drscrijtliuns of new (Icnvra and Spfciis of Xeiv- 

 Zioland Cu/tujitrra. By Major T. Hroin, F.E.S. 



[CttncIiKl'Ml fmiii i>. ini." 

 Group Cossonidae. 



Pentarthrum dnhitanit, sj). n. 



Snhry/indriral, sul)opa(pio, sparingly clothed witli slender 

 ineonspieuous greyish hairs; piceous, legs and antennae 

 rufo-piccous. 



,^ . Hostrnm more than half the length of thorax, mode- 

 rately broad for two-thirds of its length, very obviously 

 eonstricted midway between the antcnnal insertion (just 

 behiirl the middle) and the eyes; its punctuation rather 

 close and distinct and becoming twice as coarse between the 

 ryes ; vertex smooth and shining and sharply limited in 

 front, so that the eyes are (piite prominent behind, Scape 

 short, stout, and thickened at the extremity ; funiculus 

 longer, second joint very slightly longer than third ; joints 

 3-5 short and gradually imrassate, so that the suboblong 

 club is not well marked off. Tfiorax one-third lonjjer than 

 broad, gradually narrowed anteriorly, obtusdy rounded near 

 the ba^e, sharply constricted near the apex, which is snu)oth 

 in front but closely and finely punctate behind ; disk con- 

 vtx, rather coarsely and clos. ly punctured, rather niore 

 ( lostly and finely near the base. ScutcUuni small, smooth. 

 Elytra parallel-sided, posterior margins distinct and thick 

 but not explanate; they are distinctly punctatc-striatc 

 throughout, the punctures rather close }et distinctly sepa- 

 rated; interstices narrow, with minute ilistant serial punc- 

 tures. Lf'gK stout ; tarsi narrow, tliinl joint not lobutc or 

 expanded, claws mintite. 



$ . Underside shining, coarsely but not closely punctured, 

 with some slender yellowish hairs ; metastcrnum with a 

 rather fine median groove; basal ventral segment only 

 slightly impressed, its hind suture indistinct, the base of 



