G04 H. S. GORHAM 



This insect, especially the J", is very rare in collections. It 

 may be assumed that its range extends across the continent, 

 Abyssinian specimens not shewing any variation from others 

 presumed to be from Senegal. And certainly it would appear 

 that African species are more widely distributed than in other 

 parts of the world. 



Genus Opilo, Latreille. 



1. Opilo Ferreti, Reiche, Ferret et Gal. Voy. Abyss., p. 296, 

 t. 18, f. 4. 



Hah. Abyssinia : "Woody district between Goundet and Adoua 

 {Raffray). 



A single specimen appears to me to be referable to this 

 species. 



Genus Oyponyx, Goeham. 



1. Gyponyx abyssinicus. 



Nigro-ficeuSj nitidus^ parcius pilosus; elytris bnmneiSj, fascia 



lata ante apicem picea^ macula subapicali fasciaque pone medium 



albidis; elytris dimidio basali grosse punctatis, inde ad apicem 



fere laevibus ; pedes picei; tarsis antennisque fuscis. Long. 11- 



12 Va mill. 



Hah. Abyssinia, Scioa: Giagagué, Let-Marefia, Mahal-Uonz 

 [Antinori). 



Head with fine obsolete irregular rugae in front and sparse 

 punctuation behind, antennae as long as the head and thorax, 

 their second joint a little shorter than the third, joints 3, 4 

 and 5 elongate swelling at their tips but not serrate , joints 

 6-10 obconic or subtrigonal, the apical joint curved and acu- 

 minate , nearly as long as the two subapical , palpi fuscous, the 

 labials widely hatchet-shaped at their apex, the maxillarys only 

 oblong, not widened nor acuminate, the eyes coarsely facetted 

 granulate, with a slight wide emargination opposite the inser- 

 tion of the antennae. 



