369 Rev. H. S. Gorham on 



ad latcra crebrc punctatis ; elytris crobre, distincte, subcoriace 

 punctatis ; antcnnis, pedibus ct corpore infra iiigris. 



Long. 5 millim. J 2 . 



Mas, tibiis aiiticis ad apicem excisis et torquaiis, interniediis infra 

 medium iucrassatis et excisis. 



Hah. Maslionaland, Lcsapi River {Marshall^. 



Allied to II. inashunus ; a very little larger, and appears a 

 little more robustly built. 'J'he head is very much more 

 coarsely but yet closely punctured ; the antenute are similar, 

 but more robust ; they are feebly serrate, and alike in both 

 sexes. The thorax is like that of //. mashunus, but more 

 coarsely punctured ; in both species it is wider than lonp^. 

 The elytra are also similar, but more coarsely punctured, the 

 punctures are often continent and are evenly sj)read over the 

 whole surface; the ])ubescence is grey and not distinct, unless 

 viewed sideways. 



Three examples were sent, obtained in November 1897. 



Iledijhius variicornis^ Bohem. 

 Hedyhius variicornis, Bohem. Ins. Caffr. i. fasc. ii. p. 467. 



Hah. Mashonaland, Salisbury {Marshall). 



Two examples (a male and a female) are probably to be 

 referred to this; but the measurements given by Boheman seem 

 too small ; our male measures 5 millim. and the female 4^. 

 The structure of the head is also not well expressed if our 

 insect be identical, as it is not oidy " uneven, with the front 

 deeply impressed on each side," but it has the buccal portion 

 yellow, raised into a semicircular ridge in front of the eyes, 

 and with an elevation projecting backwards into the cavity; 

 tlie whole occiput, which is black, is excavated, and with two 

 or three black, setilorm, elevated spines. The antenna? have 

 the first two joints sjjottcd with black above and the third to 

 the sixth joints yellow, the remainder fuscous. The head of 

 the female is bilossukite ; only the second joint is spotted, 

 the filth to the end joiiits fuscous, and the ^\ hole antenna 

 shorter than in the n)ale ; the tarsi in the female are also 

 blackish. 



Notwithstanding these slight discrepancies 1 think this 

 insect is //. variicornis, Bohem. 



Hedyhius alhipennis, sp. n. 



Pallida flams, antennarum articulis tertio ad apicalem superne 

 fusco-lineatis (maris triLus ultimis fuscis) ; prothorace valde 

 transverse, lateribus subangulatis, immaculato ; el} tris albis, 



