1897.] PHYTOPH.\.GOtrS COLEOPTEEA OF AFBICA. 541 



broader than long : elytra ovate, convex, strongly punctate-striate, 

 the punctures closely placed, distinct to the apex, the interstices 

 at the latter place and at the sides convex, in the female with an 

 acutely raised costa from the shoulder to the apex ; legs fulvous : 

 underside black, very finely punctured ; prosternum longer than 

 broad, slightly narrowed at the middle, finely punctured ; claws 

 bifid. 



Hah. Madagascar, Diego-Suarez. Coll. Alluaud and my own. 



This small species might perhaps equally well be placed in 

 Ivongius, which genus scarcely differs from Jihemhastus, but may be 

 known by the colour of the antennse in both sexes and by the acute 

 lateral costa of the elytra in the female. 



Meniijs madagascaeieh^sis, n. sp. 



Eulvous, the sixth and seventh joints of the antennaB black ; 

 thorax strongly but sabreniotely punctured ; elytra deeply punctate- 

 striate, the base, suture, and a semicircular band below the middle 

 obscure seneous ; femora unarmed. 



Far. Elytra without darker markings. 



Length 1 line. 



Head with a few minute punctures, fulvous with a very slight 

 metallic gloss, the eyes surrounded by a deep sulcus ; antennas 

 extending to the middle of the elytra, fvdvous, the sixth and 

 seventh joints black, the basal joint very short and thick, the 

 second scarcely shorter or thinner, as long as the third one, the 

 others gradually thickened ; thorax about one-half broader than 

 long, narrowed in front, the sides sti-aight, the surface strongly 

 but not closely punctured ; elytra wider at the base than the thorax, 

 deeply punctate-striate, rather elongate, subcylindrical, the inter- 

 stices also sparingly punctured, the punctured striae distinct to the 

 apex, the basal portion, the suture, and a curved baud below the 

 middle of each elytron obscure brownish seneous : underside and 

 legs fulvous ; femora unarmed, claws bifid. 



This is another of the few species of the genus in which the 

 femora are unarmed; the sulcus surronndiug the eyes reveals, 

 however, the proper place of the insect to be in llenius. The 

 markings of the elytra are very obscure and in the varieties entirely 

 obliterated : only in one specimen amongst the four contained 

 in my collection are they at all distinct ; the band at the base 

 joins the sutural one, and the posterior mark is likewise connected 

 with the lateral margin. The specimens were sent to me by 

 Mr. Sikora. 



MESTtrs ETJiTicoEisis, n. sp. 



Ovately rounded, convex ; blackish below, above dark metallic 

 green or blue ; the antennae, palpi, the apex of the tibiae, and the 

 tarsi flavous or fulvous ; thorax remotely punctured ; elytra deeply 

 striate-punctate, the interstices at the sides very strongly costate ; 

 femora with a tooth. 



Pboc. Zool. Soc— 1897, No. XXXVI. 36 



