418 Mr. G. J. Arrow on the 



Tliis and the following species are of an elongate form 

 quite peculiar in the genus, tlie length of the elytra being 

 twice their conjoint width. A. mecjalops is yellow in colour 

 and clothed with short, moderately large scales, abruptly 

 truncatiHl at their free end. They are chiefly buff-coloured, 

 ■with three ill-detined transverse i atches of white scales, the 

 first before tlie middle and widely separated from the other 

 two, which are considerably behind the middle. Amongst 

 the lighter scales, and especially between the two posterior 

 Avhite bands and before the apex, there are scales of a dark 

 brown colour. The antenna is composed of nine joints, the 

 first two globular, the third similar but minute, the fourth 

 and fifth slightly elongate, the sixth like the third, the 

 seventii hirgcr, short, and flattened, the eighth transverse and 

 closely articulated to the terminal joint, which is rather longer 

 than the three preceding together. 



Anthrenus longus, sp. n. 



Rufo-brunneus, supra opacus, elougatus, dense punctatus, squamis 

 breviter ovatis, magnis sat dense tectus, squamis plerumque 

 bruuneis sed pronoti lateribus, elytrorum macula augulata 

 post-scutellari, fascia transversa postmodiana apicibusque pallidis ; 

 autennis 'J-arliculatis, clava uniarticulata, pyriformi, longitudiue 

 ad sex proecedentes conjunctim a^quali. 



Long. 4-5 mm. ; lat. max. 2 mm. 



IJab. E. Socotra: Homhil, 1500-3000 ft. ( W. R. Ogihie- 

 Grani). 



This has the same elongate shape as the last, but is rather 

 larger. The pattern is similar but the colour darker and the 

 upper surface is not shining, being closely covered with 

 large shallow pits, from which the scales arise. The latter 

 are larger and nearly round. The eyes are lu^t large and are 

 separated by a space equal to their combined diameters, and 

 the ocellus is small but prominent. The antennas consist of 

 nine joints, the first two globular, the third slightly elongate, 

 the fourth to eighth minute, round and similar, and the ninth 

 pear-shaped and equal in length to the six preceding. 



Anthrenus f rater J sp. n. 



Oblongus, niger, squamis minutis angustis setiformibus nigris et 

 albis dense tectus, pronoto subrectangulari, lateribus paulo 

 explanatis, antice transversim elevato ; antennis ll-articulatis, 

 articulis omnibus transversis, tribus ultimis clavam abruptam 

 fere rectangularem constituentibus. 



Long. 2"5-3 mm. . 



Hah. Tasmania. 



