260 Mr. O. E. Jaxson's Notices of 



Scutelhiiii broad, rounded at the sides, the apex obtuse, with 

 scattered punctures on each side ; dull black. 



Ehjtra obhquely narrowed from the shoulders, depressed 

 round the scutellum, the suture elevated posteriorly, with roAvs 

 of coarse semicircular punctures, those near the suture assuming 

 stria" towards the apex, the punctures at the sides smaller and 

 irregular, the apex coarsely strigose ; dull black, a broad longi- 

 tudinal stripe on the disc of each from the shoulder to apical 

 callus, dull red ; epimera black coarsely punctured above. 



Pyrjidhiiii longitudinally elevated in the centre, very coarselv 

 and irregularly strigose ; dull red. 



Beneath and legs strigose. shining black, sides of the prothorax 

 and apex of the abdomen red ; mesosternal process shoi-t, 

 strongly dilated and truncate at the apex ; anterior tibia^ with 

 two rather obtuse lateral teeth. 



Liviugstonia, Lake Nyassa. 



Only two or three specimens of this very distinct species were 

 taken by Mr. Simons ; it is allied to T. Napaea, Bhn. 



Protaetia advena, n. sj). 



P. olivaceo-ferruginea, opaca ; capite cupreo, nitido ; thorace 

 lateribus maculisque c|uatu()r ochraceis; elytris punctis lineolisque 

 plurimis ochraceis ; subtus cuprea ochraceo-varia. Long. 1 5 

 mm. 



Head finely punctured, the punctures rather close at the 

 liase and on the forehead, but sparse on the clypeus, the centre 

 slightly longitudinally elevated ; clypeus slightly narrowed in 

 front, the sides elevated, apical margin strongly turned up, 

 rounded at the angles ; greenish cupreous, shining, the base 

 slightly opaque. 



Thorax obliquely narrowed from the base, the posterior 

 angles strongly rounded, basal margin trisinuous ; finely, sparsely 

 and indistinctly punctured, the punctures closer and more distinct 

 at the sides ; opaque olive-green, the centre and margins slightly 

 ferrugineous, two small spots placed obliquely on each side of 

 the disc behind the middle, a narrow lateral l)order and some 

 irregular contiguous, spots near the posterior angles ochreous- 

 Avhite. 



Scutellum broad, strongly rounded at the apex, finely punc- 

 tured on each side at the base ; opaque olive-greeu. 



