362 Rev. li. S. Gorliam on 



Melyris rujioentris, Boheni. 



Melyris nifivetitris, Bohem. Ins. Caffr. i. fasc. ii. p. 479. 



Hah. JMashonalan.l, Salisbury {Marsha/l). 



Very close to M. corrosa, lleiche, and M. festiva, Reiche. 

 Specimens which I have from Natal and these from Salisbury 

 seem to differ in having the thorax more even, with the 

 lateral carinjB straighter and not sinuate or interrupted in the 

 middle, and by the interstices of the elytra being less rugoscly 

 reticulate. The antennte have the apical four joints wholly 

 black ; the three preceding these have the inner produced 

 sides black, but are red externally, as the bases are. The 

 legs with their coxeb are red, the claws alone being black. 



Species of MeJyris often occur in profusion when they are 

 found ; the four examples sent by Mr. Marshall were found 

 on flowers of Protea. 



Fam. Erotylidae. 

 Promecolanguria natalensis, sp. n. 



Sordide flava, elytris dilutioribus ; autennis brevibus, articulis 

 septem flavis subcequalibus, quatuor apicalibiis nigricantibus ; 

 prothorace oblongo, conrexo, lateribus sinuatis, basi bistrigato 

 inter strigas traiisversim impresso ; capite profuiide, prothorace 

 miiiutius et minus crebre puuctatis. 



Long, vix 6 millira, 



Uab. Natal, Malvern, by beating Eugenia {Marshall) . 



Of the same size and very similar in general appearance to 

 P. trogositoides, G., this insect is to be distmguished by 

 several important characters. The head is rusty red ; the 

 antennae are shorter, with only four or five joints at the apex 

 black ; the punctuation of the head is much deeper and more 

 distinct than in that species. The thorax is quite of a 

 different shape, being more convex, with depressed front 

 angles, being, in fact, of the form common to Anadastus, and 

 with deep short basal strigae, and transversely impressed 

 between them. At present I have not referred sjjecies from 

 Africa to Anadastus, but it is possible this insect may have 

 to be transferred to that genus, 



Episcapkula picturata, sp. n. 



Oblonga, subparallela, nigra ; capite prothoraceque creberrime punc- 

 tatis, hoc transverse, aiitice paullo angustato, angulis anticis et 

 posticis acutis, macuhs duabus, ad marginem anticam annexis, 

 linearibus, undulatis, rufis ; eh triij brevissime pubesceatibus, 



