78 l\ev. II. S, G )rliaiu on new Coleoptara 



'i'lie legs aiul iiiiteniitu are deep yellow, and the aj)ex, the 

 suture, and the margins ot" the elytra have a tendency to this 

 red colour, which is no doubt more conspicuous in the living 

 insect. 'J'lie tip of the prolonged second tarsal joint in tlie 

 male is bhicki.sh, as in several other species; tiie claws are 

 curved, with t^hort pads, that give them the effect of being 

 thickened at tiieir bases when closed. 



Two males and one female only occurred in December 

 1894, and a male and a female in January 1895, in sweeping 

 to Mr. Guy Marshall. 



Anihocomus apricuHj sp. n. 



Isiger, tenuiter jdibosceus, anteimanim articiiUs secuurlo ad quin- 

 tuiu, elytrorum lateribus in medio et apice tibiisque flavis ; tarsis 

 fuscis, ad basin dilutioribus ; antennis serratis. 



Long. 4 inillim. J . 



llah. Natal, Estcourt {Marshall) . 



Head black, shining, the membranous base of the labrum 

 alone yellow, narrower than the thorax ; the antennse are a 

 little longer than the head and thorax, yellow as far as the 

 fitth or sixth joint, but the basal joint marked with black 

 above, the fourth to the tenth joints acutely serrate. The 

 thorax is half as wide again as long, of the usual form, trun- 

 cate in front, the sides and base rounded, without angles, 

 entirely black and shining. Elytra very closely and very 

 obsoletely punctured, rather shining, clothed with upright 

 black hairs, especially on the apical half, black, with the 

 margin in the middle and the apex broadly orange-yellow, 

 the yellow returning a little up the suture. The body 

 beneath and the femora black; the tibias and bases of the 

 tarsi yellow. 



The examples, three in number, appear to be all females ; 

 at least there is no sexual character in either the antennae or 

 tarsi. The claws appear to have membranous short pads. 



PagurODACTYLUS, gen. no v. 



Cori)U3 subparallelum, pubescens. Antennse leviter serratae. Tarsi 

 quinque-articulati,unguiculi anteriores insequales, anterioremulto 

 longiori. 



This new genus of Malachiidae is sufficiently characterized 

 by the unequal anterior claws, a structure not known in any 

 other genus of the subfamily. The tarsi are rather long, 

 especially the hind pair ; the front pair have the joints all 

 oblique and produced at the apex beneath, the third and 



