from South <ind West Africa. 85 



hind angles right, tlie whole surface obsoletely, hut rugoscly, 

 punctured, the disk shining, channelled in the middle oidy, 

 scarcely carinate, but with a smoutii line in front, of a dirty 

 bone-yellow, but the basal portion within the rather straight 

 sulci ochraceous, the central channel is wide, but short. 

 The elytra are shorter by a fourth p.xrt than the abflonien, 

 they are attenuated and sjiiivelied (wiiich is probably their 

 normal condition from their being very thin) ; the body 

 beneath is bone-colour, the margins of each segment arc paler. 

 This insect is about the size of, and somewhat like, the 

 European L. Larej/nici. The shortening of the elytra is a 

 character shared witli L. lluddi, (Jorli., but not to the same 

 degree. 



L(unpi/yis natalensis. 

 Lamjyyris iiatalensis, Boliem. Ins. Caffr. p. 442. 



IJah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall, at liglit) ; Lake 

 Nyasa [coll. Gorham). 



To this I refer three specimens trom Salisbury which have 

 the disk of the thora.K with a nearly square bla^k spot placed 

 posteriorly, but not touching the base, and tlie elytra fuscous 

 with the suture aud margins pale. 



Lampyris troijlodytes. 

 Lampyris troylodyte-'i, Boliem. Ins. CallV. p. 444. 



llab. Natal, Tugela lliver {Marshall). 

 Four examples. 



Fam. Telephoridae. 



Telephorus {Cantharis) circaindatus. 

 Telephorus {C*inthnrix) circitmdatd, lioboiu. Iii;*. Catlr. p. 400. 

 Hab. Natal, Estcourt (Marshall). 



Ichthi/uruSf sp. ? 



Malthi/iHf aiistralif, P^ringuey. 



llah. Natal, 4941 (.l/'0>/*'t//). 



A single female labelled with M. Pcringuey's name belongs 

 to this genus, but cannot be identified by that sex alone. 



Prostiiaptus, gen. nov. 



Corpus parvum, (piaai Mallhodln. .Antennie 1 l-articulata), maris 

 tertio inorassato, quam secundus duplo loiigiorc, quarto ad 

 soptimuna parum clongatis, subteipialihus, octavo quam septimus 

 scsqui lougioro, tribu-s ultimis debilibu:^, (piam prajcodentes midto 



