596 H. S. GORHAM 



Mas, prolhoracis Umbo laterali infra medium minute denticu- 

 lato; segmento sexto ventrali fisso, pygidiali quam hoc longiore 

 et laliore. 



Femina, prothorace transverso, limbo laterali minute plicato-in- 

 terrupto. 



Var. Elytris nigro-fuscis tenuiter flavo marginatis. 



Hob. Abyssinia, Scioa: Mahal-Uonz, Let-Marefia (Antinori). 



This species is rather variable in colour, the head is either 

 nearly wholly obscure blackish fuscous, or livid, infoscate at 

 its base , the thorax has the disk raised on each side, generally 

 black divided into two spots by a narrow yellow line, but in 

 many examples especially of the larger and paler females, this 

 division of the black is not distinct. The elytra also vary from 

 dark fuscous, margined narrowly with yellow both on the sides 

 and at the suture , to livid brown with or without an indistinct 

 fuscous spot. The legs are constant pale at the base with dark 

 femora, tibiae, and tarsi. The antennae in the male are more 

 than half as long as the body, in the female a little shorter. 

 The head in this species is contracted behind as in many spe- 

 cies of Podabrus, as also in some of Discodon. 



Family DRILIDAE. 



Genus Sela^sia., Cast. Silb. Eev. Ent. IV, p, 19; 

 GuÉRiN. Spec, et Icon. An. Art. fase. 2, n. 6. 



1. Selasia fulva, n. sp. 



Testacea^ nitidula, parum pubescens, capite prothoracis latitu- 

 dine, antennis articulo tertio triangulari, apice intus producto ar- 

 ticulis quarto ad decimum longius pectinatis, prothorax tra7isverso~ 

 subquadratus angulis posticis acutis, parce et obsolete punctatus; 

 elytris vix striatis vel punctatis , striolis perbrevibus paucis ad basin 

 impressis. Long. 6 millim. 



Hab. Abyssinia: Bogos {Beccari). 



This is an interesting addition to a Genus very little known 

 from the rarity of the species comprised in it. Of the three de- 



