NEW SPECIES OF STAPHYLTNID^. 



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Myriiiedonia donhtliorpel n.sp. 



Ochraeeous, the head ferruginous, scarcely shining ; antennro, mouth parts 

 and legs reddish-testaceous. Length 12-5mm. 



<f : head large transverse, eyes large and prominent, the front between the 

 antennal tubercles elevated, the disc anteriorly narrowly impressed in the middle, 

 and with a large crateriform setiferous pore on either side ; puncturation fine, 

 asperate, and ijy no means close, each puncture with a yellow hair ; ground 

 sculpture fine but distinct, for the most part forming longitudinal reticulations. 

 Antennffi as long as the head and thorax, laterally compressed from the 3rd joint, 

 the 2nd joint one-third shorter than the 1st, the 3rd longer than the 2nd, the 4th 

 to the 10th differing but little in length or breadth, subfcriangular when seen from 

 above and slightly longer than broad, the 11th conical, as long as the lOfch. 



Thorax strongly transverse, widest about the middle, the sides slightly rounded 

 from base to apex, more strongly narrowed posteriorly to the obtuse bub prominent 

 posterior angles, the anterior angles rounded ; disc with impi-essed median line and 

 a small transverse fovea before the scutellum ; the sides broadly impressed 

 throughout, the margins elevated ; sculpture and ground sculpture much as on the 

 head, but the former distinctly closer. 



Elytra broader and a little longer than the thorax, transverse, pretty closely, 

 finely, and somewhat asperately punctured, the ground sculpture indistinct. 



Abdomen more shining than the fore-parts, finely, rather sparingly, and 

 superficially punctured, especially posteriorly, ground sculpture fine, transversely 

 strigose. 3rd dorsal segment with the posterior border a little produced and 

 elevated, broadly emarginate in the middle, the emargination bounded by a blunt 

 tooth on either side ; 7th dorsal segment longitudinally impressed on either side, 

 and with a transverse row of 6 or 7 obsolete tubercles a little in front of the 

 posterior margin ; 8th dorsal segment with a row of 5 tubercles across the middle, 

 the central one being the most distinct, there are also a few scattered granules near 

 the posterior border, which is truncate in the middle and obscurely dentate on 

 either side. 



? unknown^ 



Hab., Kashilu. 



Mynnedonia spatha n.sp. 



Black, the fore-parts with greasy lustre only, the abdomen more shining ; 

 thorax red, the base of the elytra sometimes red ; the first and sometimes the first 

 three visible abdominal segments more or less dull red. Length Smm.-9mm. 



Head transverse, black, very finely and rather sparingly punctured, in the ? 

 rather more shining and often broadly impressed anteriorly ; ground sculpture 

 distinct and coriaceous in both sexes. Antennae as long as the head and thorax, 

 the 2nd joint half as long as the 3rd, the 3rd and following compressed, the 5th to 

 the 10th differing but little in length and breadth, and about as long as broad. 



Thorax red, subquadrate, scarcely broader than long, widest before the 

 middle, the sides rounded and narrowed anteriorly to the rounded angles, more 

 strongly contracted and very slightly sinuated posteriorly to the rounded posterior 

 angles ; disc with an obscure fovea before the scutellum and with a trace of 

 median impressed line often abbreviated in front, exceedingly finely and exceedingly 

 sparingly punctured, ground sculpture distinct, coriaceous. 



Elytra broader, and a little longer than, the thorax, transverse, the base often 

 more or less red, very finely, obsoletely, and sparingly punctured, distinctly 

 coriaceous. 



(J : 3rd dorsal segment with a small triangular emargination of the posterior 

 border in the middle line, the postero-external angles produced into a narrow, 

 laterally compressed, elongate spa,tulate process extending nearly to the level of the 

 posterior margin of the 5th segment, parallel and external to, the sides of the 

 abdomen, and gradually and slightly widened towards the apex, which is rounded. 

 6th segment with a small pointed tubercle in the middle, a little behind the centre. 

 8th segment with four equidistant tubercles at the posterior border. 



Hab., Mwengwa, July 30th, 1913, Namaiila, August 15th, 1914. 



Myrmedonia rhodesiana n.sp.. 

 Narrow, elongate, parallel, black, shining; the thorax, base, and more or less 



