362 Rev. H. S. Gorham on 
Melyris rufiventris, Bohem. 
Melyris rufiventris, Bohem. Ins. Caffr. i. fase. ii. p. 479. 
Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (Marshal?). 
Very close to M. corrosa, Reiche, 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 carinz straighter and not sinuate or interrupted in the 
middle, and by the interstices of the elytra being less rugosely 
reticulate. The antenne 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 coxe are red, the claws alone being black. 
Species of Melyris often occur in profusion when they are 
found; the four examples sent by Mr. Marshall were found 
on flowers of Protea. 
Fam. Erotylide. 
Promecolanguria natalensis, sp. n. 
Sordide flava, elytris dilutioribus; antennis brevibus, articulis 
septem flavis subsequalibus, quatuor apicalibus nigricantibus ; 
prothorace oblongo, convexo, lateribus sinuatis, basi bistrigato 
inter strigas transversim impresso ; capite profunde, prothorace 
minutius et minus crebre punctatis. 
Long. vix 6 millim. 
Hab. Natal, Malvern, by beating Hugenia (Marshall). 
Of the same size and very similar in general appearance to 
P. trogositoides, G., this insect is to be distinguished by 
several important characters. The head is rusty red; the 
antenne 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 strige, and transversely impressed 
between them. At present I have not referred species from 
Africa to Anadastus, but it is possible this insect may have 
to be transferred to that genus. 
Episcaphula picturata, sp. n. 
Oblonga, subparallela, nigra ; capite prothoraceque creberrime punc- 
tatis, hoc transverso, antice paullo angustato, angulis anticis et 
posticis acutis, maculis duabus, ad marginem anticam annexis, 
linearibus, undulatis, rufis; elytris brevissime pubescentibus, 
