Revision of the TanyrrliyncliinjB. 29 



•"). (0.) Elytra with brownish-grey scaling and 

 with short erect setae on the de- 

 clivity ; posterior tibiae very finely- 

 serrate internally ; rostrum with a 

 shallow central furrow in the apical 

 half A. M, abyssinicits, sp. n. 



0. (5.) Elytra with green scaling, the setae 



minute and depressed throughout; 

 posterior tibife not serrate internally ; 

 rostrum with only a shallow fovea 

 between the antenna; "i. M. arabicus, sp. n. 



1. Malosomus Uneatus, Fst. D. e. Z. 1898, p. 279. 



8. India: Belgamn (//. E. Andreioefi). 

 Type in the Dresden Museum. 



2. Malosomus andrewesi, Fst. I. c. p. 280. 



S. India: Belgaum (//. E. Andreives). 

 Type in the Dresden Museum. 



3. Malosomus arabicus, sp. n. 



Long. 2|, lat. 1| mm. 



I'iceus, squamulis viridibus undique vestitus, setis paucis minutis 

 depressis obsitus. 



Caput valde elongatum, oculis quasi in rostro sitis, dorgalibus sub- 

 oontiguis depressis longitudinalibus, fronte canaliculo parvo pone 

 oculos insculpta. Rostrum capite non longins, ad basin nou 

 angustius quam caput ad oculos, supra convexum, nee carinatum 

 nee sulcatum, subtus nudum nitidum. Antoinife valde tenues, 

 rufo-piceae ; funiculi articulus primus sccuudo multo longior. 

 Prothorax transversus, basi apiceque (runcatus, latoribus rotun- 

 dato-ampliatus, in m.edio latior, supra confertim punctatus, linea 

 media leviore. Elytra ovata, ad basin subtruncata, huraeris 

 obliquis, fortiter punctato-sulcata, interstitiis latis subplanis. 

 Tcdes flavo-rufi, squamis pallidis parco iiiduti, tibiis posticis 

 interne non serratis. 



Akabia : Yemen {coll. Fri/). 

 Type in the British Museum. 



4. Malosoinus ahi/ssitiicus, sp. n. 



Long. 3|, lat. 1| mm. 



Nigro-picous, 8(|uamulis fusco-einorois uiuli(iuc vestitus, in elytris 

 setis brevibuM, versus basin depressis, versus apicem erectis, 

 obsitus. Caput ot rostrum ui in M. ambico, sod hoc sulco parum 

 profundo versus ajjicem instructum. Prothorax etiam ut in 

 J/, nrabico, sed punctis majoribus minus approximatisinstructus. 



