new Species of l\'\!iiev'\i\x. 301 



is abbreviated : in the generic cliuracters drawn from the first 

 two species known the dorsal stri;u were saiti to l)e all coniph'te, 

 now two s[)ecie.s are known in which the (iltli dorsal stria 14 

 shortened. 



Ilab. Central Angola (/>r. Welwitsch). 



Uno example in the British Museum. 



Eu'osternus rufulus, Lew. 



This species is variable in colour, in the National Mmeuin 

 there is an example in which the apical margin of tho elytra 

 is alone red, and 1 have an example in which this colour is 

 \v holly absent. 



Paratropus conjonis, sp. n. 



Ovatus, brunneus, supra punctulatus, subuitidus ; fronte stria 

 iutegra utriiicjue anguluta, autice impressa ; pronoto anguste 

 marginato ; elytris slriis 1-4 et suturali intcgrjs, 4 arcu basali 

 suturali coeuute, 5 ultra medium abbreviata ; propygidio pvgy- 

 dioque distiucte punctatis; prosterno bistriato, striis anticis 

 evaiiesceutibus ; mesosteruo murgine bistrialo. 



L, 3 mm. 



(Jval, brown, punctulate above, rather shining ; the hea I 

 impressed anteriorly, stria complete and markedly angulale 

 at the sides; the tliorax narrowly marginate ; tiie elytra, 

 striae with slightly crenate edges, 1-4 and sutural complete, 

 4 joins the sutural at the base, 5 apical, shortened just beyond 

 tlie middle ; the pygidia are distinctly but not densely 

 punctured ; the prostemum is bistriate, striie almost parallel 

 but anteriorly evanescent and apparently turn outwards, but 

 they are merged in the minute strigose surface-sculpture; 

 the mesosternum has a very tine margmal stria and close and 

 jtarallel to it a second well-marked stria, the sutural stria is 

 transverse, very tine and irregularly crenate ; the metasternuui 

 and the tirst segment of the abdohien are punctured, but not 

 closely. 



'i he species is smaller than P. apdslrius, Lew., the fore- 

 lj(ad is impressed anteriorly, the pygidia are punctured, and 

 the prosternal striaj are evanescent anteriorly. There are 

 now 17 species ot this genus known, and 1 have no doubt that 

 the African species are very numerous. 



JJub. Stanley Falls, C'ongo itiver. 



Saprimis airatus, sp. n. 



Ovalis, convexus, a?ueus, nitidissimus ; fronte stria Integra, antice 

 angulata ; pronoto ciliato, latcribub rugoso-punctalo ; elytris striis 



