DESCRIPTIONS OF MALACODERMATA 599 



anticis et intermediis Jlavis^ elytris viridi-caeruleis^ margine late- 

 rali ab humeris pone medium alhido crebre coriaceo-punciatis. 

 Long. 2-2 ^4 millim. 



Hab. Abyssinia: Woody district from Goundet to Adoua, Plains 

 of Tembene. {Raffray). 



The head is variable being nearly black , or black at the base 

 with the anterior portion yellow; the first two joints of the 

 antennae are yellow, touched with darker above. The thorax 

 is a little wider than long, its disk even, entirely llavous, nar- 

 rowed a little from the middle of the sides to the base. The 

 elytra are of a fine steel-blue, greenish in some individuals. 

 The anterior legs are pale yellow with the tarsi fuscous; the 

 posterior pair are black. 



Six specimens are all I have seen. 



Subfam. Melyrides. 

 Grenus Mielyris , Fabk. 



1. Melyris corrosa, Reiche, Ferret et Galin. Voy. Abyss. 1850, 

 p. 291, t. 15, f. 1. 



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



There are a very few of the large series of specimens of 

 Melyrides collected by the Marquis Antinori which I think pertain 

 to the M. corrosa of Reiche. The thorax in these narrows more 

 in front with straighter sides, and the head and thorax are 

 more opaque, owing to closer punctuation; but I think their 

 distinctness as a species needs corroboration. 



2. Melyris festiva, Reiche, loc. cit., p. 292, t. 18, f. 2. 



Hab. Abyssinia, Bogos: Keren (0. Beccar i); Scioa: Let-Ma- 

 refia, Lake Cialalakà, Adda Galla, Mahal-Uonz {Antinori). 



This appears to be a very abundant species, some hundreds 

 of specimens , which vary slightly in -size , but scarcely at all 

 in colour, were taken by C^. Beccari and the Marquis Antinori, 

 and have been obligingly forwarded to me for examination by 

 Di'. R. Gestro. 



