DESCRIPTIONS OF MALACODERMATA 605 



The thorax is depressed on the disk , but not sulcate ; it is 

 about as wide as long , rounded on the sides , the anterior con- 

 striction distinct laterally but interrupted in the middle, the 

 disk in the centre has some irregular longitudinal rugae , or 

 punctures , these sometimes unite into a short ill-defined channel. 

 The elytra have their basal half impressed with series of large 

 irregular punctures. There are about six or seven of these se- 

 ries but there are interserial punctures , and towards the shoul- 

 ders and base they become confused. The basal half is reddish 

 brown , the punctures themselves are darker brown , and to- 

 wards the middle, they become ringed with brown which be- 

 A coming confluent here and there gives a marbled appearance. 

 The broad pitchy fascia is bordered on each side with yellowish 

 white. This species is very nearly allied to the Cape of Good 

 Hope species Thanasimus {Notoxus) marmoralus Klug, from 

 which it differs as follows: — the basal half of the elytra is not 

 so much marbled as in that species , the white fascia before the 

 pitchy band is more distinct, the subapical white spot is rounded <■ 

 and not linear and undulating, and the punctures do not ex- 

 tend so far towards the apex. I have elsewhere pointed out the 

 differences which obtain between the species of the genus for 

 which I propose the name Gyponyx and those of Thanasimus^ 

 Axina &. The species are very nearly allied (considering the 

 vast distances by which they are separated geographically) I 

 possess species which I refer to it from the Cape, Algoa Bay, 

 Natal, and other African localities. 



Genus Tarsostenus, Spinola. 



1. Tarsostenus univiUatus, Rossi. 



Of this universally distributed species there is a single spe- 

 cimen taken in Bogos at Keren by J)"^. Beccari. 



Genus INTecroTbia -, Latreille. 



1. Necrobia rufipes, De Geer. 



Hah. Abyssinia, Bogos: Keren; Massaua {Beccari). 



Occurs in every part of the world, with commerce. 



