neio PhitypodiJte and Scolytkla^ 1-41 



(loprcssion, tlio upper portion of flie front areolatc, tlic vertex 

 liaviii'; a j)roiiiiiicnt central carina and being furni.slieJ 

 laterally with closely placed longitudinal slriio. Frvtkorax 

 oblong, with a median longitudinal groove on the basal third 

 and a single large pore oh each side of it close to tho anterior 

 extremity, whilst nearer the base there are several jjiliferous 

 punctures, the whole surface being irregularly punctured on 

 a riinose gnmnd. Elytra striate-punctate, the sutural stria 

 being the most deeply im|)ressed, the interstices flat and 

 shiny, the base of the third broadened, carinate transversely, 

 and slightly raised. 



Length 4'8 mm.; breadth 1 mm. 



PouTUGUESE East Africa: Xinavane (C. B. Ilarden- 

 lerg). 



TfJl'^e in tiie British Museum. 



Tlie male is closely allied lo P. vielanurua, Chap., but tlie 

 females of that species are without prothoracic pores ; on the 

 other hand, the female above described is very simihir to 

 F. suhcavifrons, Chap., but in the division to which tliitt 

 species belongs both sexes have prothoracic pores. 



Crt/phalus dexter, sp. n. 



Pitch-black, prothorax reddish on the dorsal surface, le^s 

 and antenna} dull brown. Front subconvex, shiny and 

 rugose, towards the vertex rimose ; sparsely hairy and deeply 

 transversel}' depressed above the mouth ; eyes slightly emar- 

 ginate. Frothorax subglobose, broader than long, the sides 

 rounded from the base to the apex, anterior edge with four 

 prominent recurved teeth, the outer ones being shorter than 

 the others, anteriorly sparsely covered with strong recurved 

 teeth as tar as the nude, which extends nearly to the rugose 

 base, the whole surface covered with scales and hairs; the 

 basal margin prominent. Seutellum small, triangular, and 

 rugose. Kiylra of the same breadth and three-lourtiis as 

 long again as the prothorax ; strijo with uniseriate, piliferous, 

 shallow punctures ; the interstices slightly convex, with uni- 

 seriate, broad, short scales down the centre ; the surface 

 rugose and closely covered with very small scales. 



Length 2"1 mm.; breadth 1 mm. 



POKTUGUESE East AFRICA: Xinavane (C B. Ilarden- 

 herg). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Tins sj)ecies closely resembles the descri})tion of C. halano- 

 2)sehij)Iiui, Eggers, but differs in the elytral sculpture, the 

 shape of the prothorax, etc. 



