118 Mr. G. Lewis on 



Pacliycrcerus cylindricus, Lew. Ent. M. M. xvl. p. 77 (1879). 



Cylindricus, elono;atus, cupreo-viridis, nitidus ; fronte impressa, stria 

 transversa nulla; pronoto stria marginal! antice late interrupta ; 

 elytris striis 1-4 et siitiirali siibintegris ; prosterno iitrinque 

 parallelo, angustato, bistriato ; mesosterno antice marginato ; 

 tibiis anticis 4-5-dentatis. 



L. 3 mill. 



Cylindrical, somewliat elonj^ate, coppery green, sliining ; 

 nnteiniie and legs piceous, with the club of the tirst red ; the 

 liead is clearly piinctnlate, lateral stria continues along the 

 edge of the clypeiis, forehead impressed and without a trans- 

 verse stria ; the thorax is wholly punctulate, points larger 

 than those of the head, lateral stria ceases behind the eyes ; 

 the elytra, stride, outer humeral complete, inner fine, apical 

 and dimidiate, 1 dorsal shortened apically, 2-4 longer and 

 coequal, 5 obsolete but partly traceable as punctures and at 

 the base there is a larger puncture as an appendage, sutural 

 does not quite reach the apex ; the pygidia are clearly but not 

 closely punctured ; theprosternum, the keel is rather narrow, 

 larallel, and striate laterally ; the mesosternum, the marginal 

 Ftria is fine and arched behind the acuraination, not following 

 the outline of the segment ; the anterior tibiae are 4-5- 

 dentate. 



This species and P. nigro-carnleus, Lew., are tlie most 

 cylindrical of the genus, of which 45 species are now known. 



Hah. Abyssinia [A. Rofraij). 



Probolosternus termitophilus, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovalis, convexus, niger, nitidus, antennis pedibusque jnceis • 

 fronte dense punctnlata, stria integra ; pronoto marginato, stria 

 laterali nulla ; elytris striis dorsalibus ]-4 et suturali integris, 

 5 basi abbreviate ; propygidio dense, pygidio tenuiter punctulate • 

 prosterno bistriato; mesosterno marginato ; tibiis dilatatis. 



L. 4J-5 mill. 



OvaljScmewhat oblong, convex, black, and sliining; antenrse 

 find legs piceons ; the head densely punctulate, and the stria 

 although somewhat feeble anteriorly, is complete; the thorax 

 lias a lateral marginal rim which continues as a fine stria 

 behind the head, the surface is more finely and less densely 

 punctulate than the head, especially behind the neck ; the 

 elytra, there are two fine epipleural striae and an inner and 

 stronger one all complete, 1-3 also complete and parallel one 

 to the other, 4 and sutural complete and joined as an arch at 

 the base, but the sutural is very fine, 5 is shortened at the 

 base, interstices finely and somewhat sparingly punctulate 

 except at the apex ; the propygidium is punctured similarly 

 to tiie head; the pygidium not so distinctly; the prosfernum 



