1597.] PIlYTOPILiGOUS COLEOPTEBA OP AFRICA. 537 



gradually thickened ; thorax twice as broad as long, scarcely 

 narrowed in front, the lateral margins strongly rounded, the base 

 very narrowly marginate, the surface remotely, irregularly, and 

 finely punctured on the disc, the sides nearly impunctate, the 

 anterior margin with an indication of a short transverse groove at 

 the sides ; elytra slightly wider at the base than the thorax, with- 

 out basal depression, the shoulders rather prominent, the punctures 

 round and deep, more widely separated at the sides than near the 

 suture, and nearly disappearing at the apex, the lateral margin 

 impressed with a row of deep punctures : underside darker, 

 impunctate ; the presternum broad, mdened at the base ; femora 

 unarmed ; claws bifid. 



Hah. Madagascar, Diego-vSuarez {Cli. Alluaud). 



A very small species, allied to /. antennarius, Har., but the 

 antennas with different black -coloured joints and the thorax punc- 

 tured, not smooth ; the general size smaller. 



Iton^gitts lefetrei, n. sp. 



Testaceous ; head distinctly punctured ; thorax tra,nsverse, 

 closely punctured at the sides ; elytra strongly and closely puuctate- 

 striate ; femora unarmed. 



Length I line. 



Head rather closely and distinctly punctured, the eyes sur- 

 rounded by a narrow oblique sulcus ; the clypeus separated from 

 the face by a deep groove, transversely subquadrate, finelv punc- 

 tured ; antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, the terminal 

 joints thickened, stained with fuscous, the second one as long as 

 the third joint ; thorax nearly twice as broad as long, the sides 

 deflexed, the lateral margin strongly rounded, the surface finely 

 and closely punctured, the punctures partly confluent at the sides, 

 the middle more sparingly punctured; elytra scarcely wider at the 

 base than the thorax, rather elongate, impressed with round, deep, 

 and closely placed punctures, which become finer towards the 

 apex, the interstices flat, except the outer one near the lateral 

 margin, which is slightly raised : underside impunctate, slightly 

 darker than the upper surface ; the femora unarmed. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Eather smaller than /. minutus and differing in the finely and 

 closely punctured sides of the thorax, the strongly punctured 

 elytra, and other details. 



I have received several specimens from M. Donkier of Paris. 



E.HEMBASTUS OTLINDBIFORMIS, n. Sp. 



Subcylindrical, black, above metallic aeneous or bluish, the basal 

 joints of the antennse and the tibiae fidvous ; thorax closely punc- 

 tured ; elytra strongly punctate-striate. 



Length 1 line. 



Head finely but not closely punctured; the clypeus scarcely 



