348 Mr. G. Lewis on 



bistriato, striis rcctis hand coujunctis ; mcsosterno autice im- 

 marginato ; tibiis anticis G-dcntatis. 

 L. 5^-6 mill. 



Oblong, somewlifit cylindrical, greenish blue and sliining ; 

 the head slightly impressed anteriorly, marginal stria com- 

 plete, surface microscopically punctulate ; the thorax, mar- 

 o-inal stria is widely interrupted behind the head, the disk 

 before the scutellum is almost smooth, but behind the head 

 and laterally it is conspicuously punctate ; the elytra, strire, 

 outer humeral fine bent and reaching the middle from the apex, 

 1-4 complete, 5 short and ai)ical or wanting, sutural apical 

 well-marked and reaching just beyond tlie middle; the 

 pyo-idia are closely and somewhat coarsely punctate ; the 

 prosternum bistriate, striae straight and not joining at either 

 end and do not quite reach the base; the mesosternum is 

 somewhat acute and immarginate anteriorly ; the anterior 

 tibiffi 6-dentate. 



In form and colour this species somewhat resembles 

 P. BafrayiflLGW., but it is slightly greener and being broader 

 is a little less cylindrical. 



JIah. KWimanjavo (Sj'ditedt). Two examples. 



Pachycrcerus nanus, sp. n. 



Oblongus, parura convesus, subniger, nitidus, pedibus rufo-brnnncis ; 

 t'rojite stria utrinquc angulata, antico late interrupta ; propygidio 

 parum grosse puuctato ; mesosterno stria transversa arcuata, 

 stria marginali late interrupta. 



L. 2i mill. 



Oblong, rather convex, nearly black and shining, legs and 

 antennjB reddish brown ; the head very feebly impressed 

 anteriorly, surface with punctures of varying sizes not closely 

 set, stria angulate near the eye, oblique anteriorly and 

 abruptly shortened ; the thorax, marginal stria fine and not 

 passing behind the neck, punctuation not close and consisting 

 of somewhat large points and fine ones intermixed; the 

 elytra, outer humeral stria fine and complete, inner short and 

 nearly median, 1-4 dorsal complete, 5 wanting, sutural a 

 little shortened at both ends, apices very sparingly punctured ; 

 the propygidium is somewhat coarsely, but not closely 

 punctured ; the pygidium, punctures much smaller and fewer ; 

 the prosternum is bistriate, strife sinuous and not joining at 

 either end, keel moderately broad ; the mesosternum is 

 bisinuous anteriorly, not pointed, and the marginal stria is 

 widely interrupted, the transverse stria is detached and in 

 the form of an arc, with a few irregular notches along the 



