from South and U^est Ajrioi. 89 



fortius punetulalis ; labro, iintennis, palpis, pcdibusque luteis, illis 

 urticulirt (luiiKiiu* ultiniis iiigro-piccis, clava laxc articulata. 

 Loiij;. 4 iiiilliiu. 



I/ab. W. Africa, N. Cameroon, Juliaiin Albrechtsliiihc 

 (/>. Cotiriiih). 



Of tlio i^ame size aiul extremely like A. nitjriimsj but 

 rather broader, more like a Tritoma^ the aiileiuiaj are Ioniser, 

 their third joint is almost as lon;^ as the two basal ones taken 

 together; the fourth, fifth, and sixth are elongate, the seventh 

 and eighth bead-form ; the three a|)ieal joints form a lax 

 clubj tne first two are strongly transverse, the ai)ical one 

 round and yellowish at the tip. The body beneath is pitchy, 

 but nearly blacky strongly and deei)ly punctured. The legs 

 with their coxaj are entirely luteous yellow. 



Sent to mc by Dr. Kraatz for description. 



Amhlyscelis brunneus^ sp. n. 



Oblongus, subparallclus, totus brunneus, parum nitidus; capite 

 prothoraccque creberrirae, distincte baud i)rofunde punctatis ; 

 elytris striato-punotatis,subcreiiuIatis, intcrstitiis baud punctatis, 

 subopacis. 



Long. 4-5 millim. 



Uab. Natal, Estcourt, Frere [Marshall). 



This insect is very like the sjiecies described by me as 

 A. pallidas ('Notes from Leydcn ]\Iuseum,' 1888, p. 14G) from 

 the (^ongo, but on com[)aring them closely it is rather larger 

 than the single exj)onent of that species in my possession, 

 and the interstices of the elytra are not finely punctulate as 

 they are in it. It is of a parallel, dull, rusty-brown colour. 

 The antennae are short, with the club almost capitulate, com- 

 posed of three strongly transverse joints. The thorax is 

 convex, with its basal margin somewhat detlexcd, except in 

 the middle, so that the lobe appears rather elevated in front 

 of the scutellum. The sides are a little more rounded than 

 iw A. pallidus ixud the front angles depressed. The elytra 

 have eight finely punctured stri.'u, the punctures of which are 

 so close that they almost join each other; the striie coalesce 

 in pairs near tlu' apex. The tibiie are strongly tlilaled in the 

 apical halt", the dilated [)art compressed. This insect is like 

 a unicolorous T. vittipenuis (Gorh. P. Z. 8. 1889, p. 614), 

 but is smaller, and the dilatation of the tibiae and the 

 structure of the antenuic, especially that of the club, are quite 

 diflerent. 1 hav(! taken aii African insert for the type of 

 Ambli/sceli's, otherwise I should have regarded this species 

 and A. tiiyrinus as belonging to my genus Pttaloscelis. 



