Three new Species of the Genus Iletica. 139 



I have named this and the following species aftar Messrs. 

 Waterhouse and Gahan, in recognition of the kindness and 

 help I have received from them while studying the collection 

 under their charge. 



Iletica Gahani, sp. n. (PI. VLB. fig. 1.) 



Head slightly narrowed in front, entirely black, shining, 

 very thickly and coarsely punctured, a remarkably deep fovea 

 in the centre of the forehead ; eyes black ; palpi and labruni 

 tinged with red; antennas black. 



Prothorax rather longer than broad, very shining, black, 

 with a large brownish-red spot on each side ; anterior and 

 sides slightly })ubescent, posterior finely and sparsely punc- 

 tured and glabrous ; a marked central longitudinal impression 

 with two foveie on either side, one towards the centre large 

 and deep, the other more anterior, small, and somewhat 

 faint. 



Scutdlum black, finely and thickly punctured, slightly 

 pubescent. 



Elytra half as broad again as prothorax, very rugose, 

 shining, coarsely and thickly punctured, glabrous, each 

 elytron with four well-defined raised lines stronglj developed 

 basally, but becoming fainter towards the apex ; their basal 

 third reddish yellow, infuscated towards suture and with a 

 black humeral spot; remainder black, with a narrow trans- 

 verse yellow band just past iialf the length of the elytron. 



Underside and legs, including femora, tibias, and tarsi, 

 entirely black, clothed with fine yellowish pubescence. 



Length 28, breadth 10 millim. 



Hah. Dar-es-Salaam, E. Africa. 



Iletica castanea, sp. n. (PI. VL B. fig. 3.) 



//eacZ entirely red-brown, almost glabrous, and very shining, 

 coarsely punctured ; the vertex more finely and sparsely 

 punctured ; a very marked longitudinal groove down the 

 centre, the groove as deeply impressed posteriorly as ante- 

 riorly. 



Ante7ince and pfilpi red-brown. 



Prothorax red-brown, infuscated anteriorly, broader than 

 long, the sides obliquely convergent in front and behind, the 

 base sharply margined, the anterior half transversely de- 

 pressed, pubescent, and more thickly punctured than on the 

 posterior half, where it is almost glabrous and very shining ; 

 median channel not strongly developed, a fovea on either 

 side. 



