the Coleopterous Family Erotylidce. (99) 475 



the process is broad and emarginate; antennae very short, third 

 joint elongate equal to the three following. Eyes finely granu- 

 lated, first ventral segment with a raised line as in Coccinella, 

 following the movement of the coxa. 



Palaeolybas andreae,* sp. n. 



Breviter ovatus, valde convexus, rufus; capite thoraceque 

 crebre punctatus, hoc transverso, lateribus rotundatis, angulis 

 posticis obtusis, lateribus marginatis, basi in medio lobato; elytris 

 tenue punctato-striatis, interstitiis sparse punctulatis, lateribus 

 marginatis, callo humerali prominente, fascia basali (externe 

 latiore) punctisque 2 transverse positis pone medium nigris ; corpore 

 subtus punctato (prosterno excepto), elytrorum epipleuris coa- 

 cavis. L. 4 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Palaeolybas humeralis,* sp. n. 



P. andrece simillimus, sed minor, totus I'ufus (puncto humerali 

 nigro), minus crebre punctatus, tibiisque minus fortiter dilatatis. 

 L. 3 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray). 



Palaeolybas nigripennis, sp. n. 



P. andrece proximus, sed patdo minor, elytris totis nigris, 

 thorace convexiore, nitidiore, parcius punctato. L. 3^ lin. 



My specimen is marked "India," but there is no doubt it is a 

 W. African insect and not impossibly identical with the 2 previous 

 species. 



Palaeolybas coccinelloides, sp. n. 



Subhemisphericus, Isete sanguineo-rufus, capite thoraceque 

 crebre punctatis, hoc convexo latex-ibus marginatis subrectis; 

 elytris punctato-striatis interstitiis subtiliter punctulatis, nigris, 

 macula sat magna discoidali rufa (paulo ante medium posita). 

 L. 21 lin. 



Old Calabar (Murray), Natal. 



Xestus. 

 WoU. Cat. Can. Col. 420 {t>/p. throscoides, Woll.). 



Xestus throscoides.* 



Xestus throscoides, Woll. Cat. Can. Col. 421. 



, Bedel, Abeille, v. 43. 



TenerifFe, 



KK 2 



