Coleopterous Family Denncstidte. -1.^1 



Trogodtrma tricolor, sp. i). 



Ovalo, parmn clongatum, nigrum, vix nilidum, clytrorura apicibus 

 hole rufis ; crebre punctatinn, minute grisoo-sotosum, prunoti 

 lateribua ct lobo j)()8tico elytrorumquo fusciis tribus, i)lerum(jue 

 lute interruplis, olbo-squainosis, pedibus antcntiisque rulis, illia 

 loMgis, bis sat brevibus, clava triarticulata, ovali, urticulis duobus 

 ponultimis brevissimis. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Jlab. Arabia: Y ^m^in {MilUngen). 



Tliis interesting species is very different from any other 

 known to nie. I'lie white spots are composed of \o\\\r pointed 

 scale.*, not fitttd together edge to ml^jfn as in A/it/irenus, but 

 free at the end and massed in thick loose cUi.ster:;!. The legs 

 are lon^ and not capable of being closely tuhied up as in that 

 genus, and although there are cavities in theepisterna for t!ie 

 recepiion of the antenna3 they are not very sharply defined 

 and coincident with the antennaj. The club of the latter is 

 broadly oval and flat, consisting of three transverse joints, 

 the last of which is not quite twice as long as the other two, 

 which are very short. In a series of seven specimens, which 

 I believe to include both sexes, I can see no perceptible 

 diflerence in the antennse. 



Trogoderma e.cindum, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovale, nigrum, sat crebre et aequaliter (clytris paulo fortius) 

 punctatum, ubique griseo-pubescens, vix nitidum, el}tris macula 

 post-humerali aliacjuo apicali utrinque ornatis ; corpore supra 

 etiam maculis 11 albo-setosis (proiioti duabus lateraliljus unaque 

 basali, elytrorura 4 antcmcdianis ct 4 postuiedianis transversira 

 positis) ; pedibus antennarumque stipite rutis. barum clava ( cT ) 

 elongata, 3-articulata. articulo ultimo ad duos pnecediiites lougi- 

 tudine fere a?quali. 



Long. 3 mm. 



Ilab. llliODESIA: Salisbury, Uintali. 



Three specimens were taken by Mr. G. A. K. Marshall 

 and presented by him to the British Museum. 



The species resembles 2\ tricolor, but it is larger and more 

 oblong in shape, and the white spots, of which there are onlv 

 two ranges instead of three upon the elytra, are formed of 

 fine hairs, and not of scales. There are also two conspicuous 

 rod patches upon each elytron, the first transverse and jilaced 

 behind the shoulder, the other nearly round and occupying 



