950 MK. G. A. K. MARSHALL ON [Dec. 11, 



with a broad deep furrow having elevated sides but not continued 

 beyond the anterior coxse, which are broadly separated, Scutellimi 

 small, punctiform. Sternum elongate, mesosternal process broadly 

 truncate and deeply vertical anteriorly, metasternal epimera not 

 upwardly produced. Elytra elongate, jointly sinuate at base, 

 covering the pygidium, convex, with ten complete strise. Abdo- 

 me7i with the segments truncate, 2 nivich longer than 3 and 4 

 together. Legs short, the posterior tibife only just exceeding the 

 apex of elytra ; femora stout, scarcely clavate, all armed with a 

 strong' tooth ; tibiae slightly curved at base, subcompressed, un- 

 cinate, not carinate externally, their corbels open, elongate and 

 very oblique ; tarsi with the third joint broadly lobate, claws 

 strongly appendiculate. 



Type : Eude^^oides mossambica, sp. nov. 



In general facies this genus very closely resembles Euderes 

 Schh., but differs in the following important particulars : the 

 retracted head, the more widely separated eyes, the deep pro- 

 sternal furrow, the broadly separated anterior coxfe, the non- 

 carinate tibiae and the obliquity of the corbels in the jDosterior 

 pairs. 



EuDEROiDES BiossAMBiCA, sp. nov. (Plate LXYII. fig. 4.) 



Long, 8, lat. 31- mm. 



Colour uniform piceous black throughout, with sparse depressed, 

 golden setfe. 



Head retracted, hemispherical, rugosely punctured and without 

 impressions. Eostrum shorter than the anterior tibias, scarcely 

 curved, gradually dilated from base to apex ; upper surface 

 slightly convex, shallowly punctate and with a narrow smooth 

 central line. Antennce short, dark ferruginous, with the club 

 fuscous. Prothorax a trifle longer than broad, base bisinuate, 

 miuch broader than apex, dorsal apical margin broadly and 

 roundly produced over the head, sides moderately rounded, 

 broadest about middle ; upper surface almost plane, rugosely 

 punctured throughout and with a fine abbreviated central carina. 

 Elytra elongate, oblongo-ovate, jointly sinuate at base and there 

 slightly broader than the base of the thorax ; shoulders oblique, 

 sides parallel from there to beyond middle ; upper surface convex, 

 with broad stride containing shallow punctures, the intervals 

 plane, finely rugose and with short depressed golden setae. Legs 

 rather short and stout, rugose and sparsely setose, all the femora 

 armed with a short tooth. 



Portuguese E. Africa : Beira [P. A. Shej^pard). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Neiphagus mashunus, sp. nov. (Plate LXYII. fig. 10.) 



Long. 9-12, lat. 5-6^ mm. 



Head deeply and rugosely punctured, with scattered setiform 



