352 Kev. H. S. Gorham on 



unguiculis simiilicibus, basi vix dentatis ; capite prothoraceque 

 rugose pimctatis, hoc in medio subdilatato, Ociili morlice granu- 

 lali, vix emaiginati, transvcrsi. Antenna; graciles ; clava triarticu- 

 lafa, laxe furmata ; articiilis liaud transversis, ultimo ovato, apice 

 conipre.sso ai'umiuato. Palpi maxillares apice subulate, labiales 

 articulo ultimo socuriformi. 

 Corpus longius pilosura. 



I propose the above tor several species of South- African 

 Cleiidae, some of wliicli liave been described by Boheiiian 

 and others as " 6Vert<s," but which differ entirely from the 

 American species now referred to that name. They belono^ 

 to the subfamily of Tillides, the joints of the tarsi being all 

 visible from above. They are not FhilocaU, differing in 

 the form of the antennai and of the thorax. Witii Tltana- 

 stiints they have much in common in general appearance, but 

 to any one comparing this insect with T. forinicarius the most 

 radical differences (apart from the critical one of the basal 

 joint of the larsi) will appear, notably the short antennai with 

 abruj)t three-jointed lax club, the thorax with subtubercular 

 smooth inteispaces, the elytra uniformly punctured from the 

 base to apex, the fasciaj not clothed with scales, &c. ; the 

 claws scarcely widened at their bases nor dentate, and feebler. 



For type I propose to take the species I now describe as 

 Graploclerus sipiatus, and I provisionally associate with it 

 two other species which Mr. G. A. K. Marshall has sent. 



Grnptochrus signatiis, sp. n. 



Is iger, capite prothoraceque obscure sanguineis, creberrime subrugose 

 punctatis, hoc antics posticeque const ricto, disco hie illic la^vi, 

 spatiis loevibus parura tuniidis ; elytris fasciis duabus albis baud 

 eburatis, anteriore paullo arcuata et obliqua, projje basin nee 

 siituram nee marginem attingente, posteriore communi, pone 

 medium, recta, integra ; antennis I'ufis, basin versus et apice ipso 

 dilutioribns. 



Long. 7*5 millim. * 



Ilah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall). 



'i'he head is thickly, confluently, and subrugosely punc- 

 tured, obscurely red, covered with long hairs, and the eyes 

 have hairs. 'J'he thorax is nearly as wide as the elytra and 

 of equal width with the eyes ; it is constricted in the usual 

 way in front and much rounded in to the base, which is 

 margined ; its disk is rugosely punctured and there are 

 smooth uneven spaces a little raised. The whole of the 

 elytra are densely and confluently punctured, without any 

 series, and the yellow-white fascias are equally punctured. 



