368 Mr. C. N. Barkpi- on 



transverse groove, lateral basal depressions broad, shallow, 

 reaching base. 



Elytra: width at base about equal to base of prothorax, 

 truncate, very little arapliated below shoulders, sides nearly 

 straight and parallel to beyond middle, thence gently 

 rounded to and a little sinuate before apex, the margins 

 broadly and deeply reflexed, above punctate-striate, intervals 

 convex, subcostate above apical declivity, very minutely 

 shagreened, small seriate punctures on the third, fifth, and 

 seventh, numerous and more closely set posteriorly, space 

 within reflexed border very roughly sculptured towards apex. 



Underside very shiny and iridescent, pectus and abdo- 

 men aciculate, metepisterna and pleurae coarsely remotely 

 punctate. 



A very distinct species with no very near ally known 

 to me. The shape of the prothorax is similar to that of 

 " tomentosus," but is less plane above, and there is hardly a 

 trace of sinuation above the hind angles, which are also 

 sharper. Tiie punctate stride, the subcostate intervals, the 

 closely-spaced punctures above the posterior declivity, and 

 the deeply-reflexed margins are all very distinctive features 

 of this species. 



Hab. Inhambaue, Portuguese E. Africa. Collected by 

 A. Bodong. Described from a single female example. 



Hypolithus tenuissimus, sp. n. 



TiCngth 8^ mm. ; width 2| mm. 



Black above, deep red to piceous beneath, pubescent. 

 Legs, antennae, palpi, and margins (narrowly) of prothorax 

 flavescent. Elytra with a metallic-blue sheen in certain 

 lights ; the suture for some distance above apex, the lateral 

 margins, and the pygidium testaceous red. Base of the 

 mandibles, epistome, and labruni red to piceous red. 



Head and prothorax coarsely, a little remotely punctate^ 

 sparsely covered with a rather long yellowish pubescence ; 

 neck smooth, glabrous. 



Prothorax truncate at apex, frontal angles much depressed, 

 sides arapliately rounded for about one-third their length, 

 thence obliquely and straightly drawn in to base, which is 

 about one-fourtli less wide than the apex, posterior angles 

 rounded, median groove broad and dee|), lateral depressions 

 shallow, a little more densely punctate than rest of the 

 surface. 



Elytra at base truncate, about one- third wider than base 

 of prothorax; shoulders squarely rounded, sides elongate, 



