from the Cape of Good Hope. 145 



latioribus, postice nigrescentioribus, profunde striato-punctatis (punctis, 

 ut in prothorace, maximis), interstitiis (sed prcesertim alternis) elevatis 

 costatis, costis postice elevatioribus interruptis, nodos longitudinales 

 efficientibus ; tarsorum (sed praecipue anticorum) articulo basilari valde 

 dilatato. 

 Long. corp. lin. 2£. 



A single specimen of the present curious Chrysomela was captured 

 by Mr. Bewicke at the Cape. Its ochreo-castaneous hue (the hinder 

 portion of the elytra being alone darker), uneven, subnodulose pro- 

 thorax, and strongly punctured surface, in conjunction with its raised 

 elytral interstices (which, from being interrupted posteriorly, shape- 

 out towards the apex a series of longitudinal tubercles), and the 

 greatly developed basal joint of all its feet (though especially of its 

 anterior pair), give it a character which it is impossible to mistake. 



Fam. Tenebrionidae. 

 (Subfam. Trachyscelides.) 



Genus Anemia. 



De Gastrin., Hist. Nat. des Col. II. 218. 



Anemia oculata, n. sp. 



A. oblonga, nigra, subnitida, limbo longe ciliato ; capite prothoraceque con- 

 fertissimeaaqualiter punctatis, illo antice profundebilobo(lobis rotundatis 

 obtusis, apice haud recurvis), ocidis sat magnis subrotimdatis, mox intra 

 marginem clypei lateralem sitis ; hoc postice paulo angustato, antice ad 

 latera rotundato, angulis anticis obtusis (sed haud rotundatis) ; elytris 

 profundius et parcius punctatis, obsoletissime (versus latera saltern) 

 longitudinaliter striatis ; pedibus piceis ; antennis rufescentioribus. 



Long. corp. lin. 2^-21. 



The present genus is usually known in collections as Cheirodes ; 

 it has never, however, been characterized under that name, and 

 therefore the above title must necessarily supersede it. The A. 

 oculata is very closely related to the A. granidata, Casteln. (the 

 Cheirodes scarabceoides of Dejean's Catalogue), from Senegal, — of 

 which a specimen, for comparison, has been lent me by Mr. Water- 

 house: it is, however, darker (or less piceous) than that insect, 

 and not quite so shining ; its head and prothorax are much more 

 densely and finely punctured, and its elytra are a little more per- 

 ceptibly longitudinally striated. Its head, too, is a trifle more eraar- 

 ginated in front (the lobes being very rounded and obtuse, and not 

 minutely recurved at their respective apices as in the "West African 

 species) ; its prothorax is less rounded at the sides (being somewhat 



