198 My. (\ T. Kegan on the Clupeid Fishes 



Ph(jpnomerus hreviroslris, sp. n. 



(J ? . Colouriui;- similar to that of P. aiif/iiUco/Iifi, but the 

 pale scales more generally {listribiited, so that tlicd;irk patch 

 on the prothorax is indistinct and those on the elytra are 

 very much rcdu eii. 



Heutl witli close shallow punctures, the forehead l)road, 

 about twice the breadth of the fuuicle. Rostrum unusually 

 short and stout, the thickened basal portion forming half 

 (?) or more than half (c^*) its length, and bearing two or 

 four shallow furrows, the apical area smooth and sparsely 

 punctate; the scrobc continued to well beyond the middle 

 in both sexes, but without any distinct furi'ow above it. 

 Antennce short, all the joints of the funicle except the first 

 very strongly transverse, the club shorter and more obtuse 

 than iu P. sundewaUi. Prothorax about twice as long as 

 broad, parallel-sided from the base to beyond the middle, 

 thence narrowing gradually to the apex, the upper surface 

 simply reticulate, the punctures not coalescing longitu- 

 dinally, Avitli an indistinct central costa. Elytra cylindrical, 

 very slightly broader than the prothorax, with coarsely 

 punctate striae, the dorsal intervals narrow, subcarinate, and 

 crenulate. Legs as in P. sundeirulli, except that the hind 

 femora are much shorter, extending only a short distance 

 1 eyond the apex of the elytra, the b:isal stem is more ra|)idly 

 widened, and the large tooth is more deeply sinuate at the 

 base of its posterior edge, so that the edge is distinct'y angu- 

 lated in the middle. 



Ijcngth 3, breadth | mm. 



I'iMTiiD Pkovinces : Khaiiabenda, Kliash Forest, 29. xi. 

 1913 (C. /''. C. Beeson). 



This species can be readily distinguislied from both 

 P. SKiuhicuUi and P. aiujuUcoilis by its short rostrum and 

 hind femora, and its broad forehead. Found in burrows iu 

 dead sal-tree {Hhorea robust a) . ]\lr. Beeson informs me that 

 all the three species of /V/teno?»er//.9 mentioned here occurred 

 iu burrows of Seolytidre &e., and he is of opinion that they 

 are predaceous upon those beetles. 



XIV. — A Tlevinon of ihe Ctupeid Fishes of the Genus Pello- 

 nnla and of lietated Genera in the li(vers of Africa. By 

 C. Tate Regan, M.A. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 

 FsLLOXULA and its allies are distinguished from Ch/peoj 

 SardintHa, &c., by (he stronger dentition and by the absence 

 of tiie anteiior sujn'amaxiilary bone, 



