52 K. JORDAN 



12. Zyg-aenodLes simus, nov. spec, (text-fig. 2) 



9- Brunneo-niger , densissime granulatus, sine tuberculis, 

 capite cum rostro ochraceo, elytris dorso ocliraceis griseo mixtis, 

 scutello albo; oculis rotundis, versus antennas sinuatis. 



Long. 2,3 mm., lat. 1,1 mm. 



Hab. Fernando Po, one 9 : Basile, 400-600 in., VIIMX 1901. 



The absence of tubercles on the elytra precludes the assump- 

 tion that this specimen is the female of the previous species. The 

 colour is practically black. Head and rostrum pubescent ochraceous; 

 pronotum with some ill-defined spots of the same colour, from 

 the white scutellum forward across the carina an indication of a 

 whitish stripe; a large but ill-bounded suturai area likewise 

 ochraceous , variegated a little with grey- white , especially in the 

 antemedian depression and before the apical declivity. On the 

 under side clayish ochraceous at the sides, grey in the centre, 

 the pro- and metasterna more densely pubescent than the rest; 

 base of metepisternum with indication of a grey spot. 



Eye round, little projecting, but nevertheless its posterior rim 

 raised above the surface of the neck 

 as indication of a stalk (the eye doub- 

 tless being stalked in the g? ). Antennae 

 reaching beyond basal margin of elytra, 

 first segment rufescent, rest nearly 

 black, segment III half as long again 

 as IV, club narrower than in 9 °f 

 Z. monstrosus, IX a little longer 

 than X and a very little shorter than XI. 



Pronotum convex, with a curved 

 depression behind the apex; dorsal 

 carina more evenly concave than in B ' 



Z. monstrosus and towards -the sides less strongly curved back. 



Elytra much less flattened above than in monstrosus, and at 

 the sides more regularly convex, the subbasal hump is scarcely 

 indicated , and there are no raised pustules and no tubercles ; the 

 stripes of punctures are distinct but narrow. 



Legs brownish black , sparsely pubescent grey , without di- 

 stint markings. 



