600 H. S. GORHAM 



3. Melyris bicolor, Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 311. 



Hab. Aegyptus, Arabia, Aden {D' Albertis) ; El Hedjaz (Mil- 

 lingen); Abyssinia: Scioa, Mahal-Uonz {Antinori); Massaiia (0. 

 Beccavi); Somali Arùe {Antinori). 



I have received this abundantly from D''. Millingen from the 

 country bordering the Red sea on the Arabian side. It is to 

 be observed that the meso- and metathoracic epistema are green 

 in the specimens from the African continent. 



4. Melyris fulvipes, Reiche, loc. cit., p. 294, t. 18, f. 3. 

 Hab. Abyssinia : Woody district from Goundet to Adoua 



{Raffray). 



Readily distinguished by the body beneath being wholly 

 green , it is a smaller species than the proceeding and the tho- 

 rax is very conical. 



Only about 6 specimens of this were sent to me in the col- 

 lection. 



5. Melyris atripilosus, n. sp. 



Oblongus, niger, vel nigro-caeruleus vel viridescens, Ihorace an- 

 tice fortiler angustato, atripilosOj parcius sat profunde pimctato^ 

 carinis lateralibus obsoletis; elytris fortiter rugose punclatis^ lineis 

 tribus parum elevatis, pilis nonnullis vestitiSj, pedibuSj antennarunt 

 basi, abdomineque rufis. Long. 10-12 millim. 



Hab. Abyssinia: Goundet to Adoua {Raffray). 



Head and thorax densely clothed with long upright hairs, 

 breast and legs also hairy; elytra less hairy but still with a 

 few fine upright and some shorter and more depressed hairs. 



The colour is very variable, one or two specimens are abso- 

 lutely black (with of course the usual parts red) but some 

 others are green or indigo blue. The lateral carina of the pro- 

 notum is only faintly indicated. This and the pubescence with 

 the larger size wiil render this species easily recognisable. Eight 

 specimens sent. This is one of the many highly interesting 

 discoveries made by M. Raffray. 



