o42 MH. M. JACOBY ON THE [May 18, 



Length 1| line. 



Head strongly but not closely punctured, the clypeus separated 

 from the face by a shallow transverse groove, palpi flavous, the 

 eyes surrounded by a narrow sulcus ; antennae fulvous, the second 

 joint as long as the third, terminal joints gradually thickened, 

 rather elongate ; thorax twice as broad as long, the lateral margins 

 nearlj^ straight, slightly narrowed towards the apex, posterior 

 margin broadJy rounded at the middle, moderately produced, the 

 surface nearly punctured like the head, the punctures rather 

 deeper near the base than anteriorly, not closely placed and some- 

 what irregularly distributed ; elytra with very deep rows of closely 

 placed punctures, the interstices rather convex, the lateral five 

 ones at the middle very strongly costate, humeral callus very 

 prominent : underside nearly black, the breast and the legs with a 

 more or less distinct metallic gloss, the apes of the tibiae and the 

 tarsi fulvous, anterior femora with a minute, posterior ones with 

 a strong tooth ; prosternum broad, sHghtly rugose. 



Hah. Ashantee. My collection. 



Smaller than M.fiavitarsus, Jac, and M. iarsaZis, Lefev., the legs 

 diiferently coloured, the head more strongly punctured, and the 

 elytra in the male with very strongly raised lateral costse. There 

 is a single female specimen from the same locality before me, 

 which has the terminal joints of the antennae darker as well as the 

 tarsi, and the elytral costae much less strongly raised ; but whether 

 this is the female of the present species or of another I am unable 

 to say. 



Menius mficoLOB, n. sp. 



Dark fulvous or obscure piceous ; head finely, thorax very 

 strongly punctured ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the interstices 

 sparingly punctate, strongly convex at the sides ; femora dentate. 



Length 2 Ihies. 



Of entirely dark fulvous colour, subquadrate ovate, the head 

 sparingly and rather finely punctured at the vertex, the eyes 

 surrounded by a sulcus ; the clypeus not separated from the face, 

 much more strongly punctured, its anterior edge slightly concave ; 

 labrum paler fulvous, its anterior margin strongly emarginate, apex 

 of mandibles black ; antennae slender, fulvous, the second joint 

 less than half the length of the third joint, the latter rather longer 

 than the fourth ; thorax scarcely twice as broad as long in the 

 male, broader in the female ; the sides nearly straight, narrowed 

 towards the apex, the angles acute, somewhat thickened, the disc 

 rather strongly and closely punctured; elytra wider at the base 

 thau the thorax, without basal depression, the surface deeply 

 punctate-striate, the punctures closely placed, the interstices 

 strongly costate at the sides, either with or without some minute 

 puuctm-es, aU the femora dentate ; prosternum broad, subquadrate, 

 rugosely punctured ; the anterior margin of the thoracic episternum 

 strongly convex. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



