iieio Species of J^adavifx. 377 



This species is nearest to one which I liave determined to 

 be P. pi'cea, from Natal, but differs in having the punctures 

 on the thorax less close and in having a finely punctured area 

 in front. 



Pedaria nigra, Castelnau. 



This species is figured by Castelnau (Hist. Nat, ii. pi. v. 

 fig. 7) under the name P. aphodiviJes, evidently by an over- 

 sight in lettering the plate. The locality placed opposite the 

 name in the ' Munich Catalogue ' is " Cap bon. spei," which 

 is an error ; Senegal is given by Castelnau in his description 

 of P. nigra, and the same locality is given in Dejean's Cata- 

 logue opposite P. aphodioides. In the ' Munich Catalogue ' 

 moreover P. cylindrica , Fahr., is placed as a synonym of P. 

 nigra, the locality Port Natal being correctly given. I con- 

 sider this species quite distinct from P. nigra, from which it 

 differs in having an elongate shining tubercle at the base of 

 the thorax, as described by Fahraeus. 



Pedaria criberrima, sp. n. 



Elongato-oblonga, nigro-fusca, panim uitida ; thorace confertim 

 fortiter punctato, disco medio leviter transversim impresso, 

 lateribus medio leviter sinuatis, ad basin oblique introrsum 

 directis ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis fortiter 

 punctatis, punctis in interstitiis quarto et sexto biseriatim positis. 



Long. 7 millim. 



Hah. Senegambia, Old Calabar. 



The head has the punctuation as in P. Taylori ; the clypeus 

 has the angles of the emargination slightly dentiform. The 

 thorax is rather parallel-sided, but obliquely narrowed at the 

 extreme base ; the punctuation is strong and crowded, the 

 punctures near the front being a little smaller tlian at the 

 base ; at halfway towards the side about twenty punctures 

 might be counted in a line from the front to the posterior 

 margin ; in tlie middle of the front margin there is a slight 

 swelling (with a light transverse impression behind it), but 

 no distinct tubercle ; the punctures on the swelling are smaller 

 and more separated. The elytra have the apex obtuse. 

 Owing to the coarse punctuation, the striae (although strono-) 

 are not so conspicuous as in P. Taylor i ; in the second, third 

 and fifth interstices there are three lines of punctures, but 

 owing to the large size of the punctures they are quite 

 irregular, as there is not space for three punctures side by 

 side. In the fourth and sixth interstices there arc two lines 



