530 ME. GUY A. K. MARSHALL ON COLEOPTEEA 



of depressed pale setae beneath ; the tarsal claws red-brown, with a broad median 

 black band. 



Length 9, width i\ mm. 



Utakwa Valley, 4000-6000 ft., Jan.-Feb. 1913 ■ 1 6 . {Type of the species.) 



Described from a single specimen. 



ArACHNOPUS INCANUS, sp. n. 

 ? . Parvus, ovatus, niger, dense cinereo-squamulatus ; prothorace lineis tribus dorsalibus ciuereis 

 indistiuctis, alia laterali curvata distinctiore, prosterno hemicyclo albo ornato ; f'ronte nou 

 foveata; prothorace uon latiore quam loiif^iore, rude reticulato-punctato, in medio indistincte 

 lineatim subimpresso ; elytris margine basali non elevato, postiee raodice acumioatisj fimbriis 

 apicalibus sparsis inconspicuis, evidenter striatis, interstitiis modice eonvexis serie una grauu- 

 lorum in singulo praeditis, striis 3 et 4 antice conjunctis nee basin attingentibus ; pedibus 

 albo-fimbriatisj femoribus fimbriis anterioribus vix uUis, tibiis supra dense squamosis, infra 

 setis depressis indutis ; fuuicuK articulo primo quam secuncio evidenter longiore, septimo 

 valde trausverso. 



Colour black, the elytra and legs with uniform dense greyish scaling and shiny 

 black granules ; the prothorax with less dense scaling and three very indistinct pale 

 dorsal stripes, the outer ones starting from the external angles and converging strongly 

 in front, a more distinct curved lateral stripe, and the prosternum with a broad semi- 

 circular white band ; the leg-fringes white. 



Head with scattered coarse punctures, the forehead almost plane, the eyes sur- 

 rounded by a ring of buff scales. Mostrum with the antennae inserted far beyond the 

 middle, almost straight to the insertion of the antennae and then rather abruptly curved, 

 with five narrow undulating carinae at the base. Antennce with joint 1 of the funicle 

 much stouter and longer than 2, joints 3 and 4 a little longer than broad, 5 and 6 slightly 

 and 7 strongly transverse. Prothorax as long as broad, the sides subparallel from the 

 base to near the middle, thence roundly narrowed, the apical constriction shallow ; 

 the upper surface coarsely and reticulately punctured, without any granules, a mere 

 indication of an impressed central line, and a shallow rounded impression on each side 

 behind tlie middle ; the prosternum without any central furrow. Elytra broadly 

 ovate, the sides only slightly rounded from the base to the middle, thence somewhat 

 abruptly acuminate, the apex not produced, the basal margin not elevated, the dorsal 

 outline comparatively flat, the posterior declivity gradual, the dorsum strongly convex 

 transversely ; the striae regular and distinct, but the punctures concealed by the dense 

 scaling, stiige 3 and 4 uniting at some distance from the base, which they do not 

 reach, the intervals convex and each with a single row of rounded shiny granules, 

 which are less evident towards the sides and apex, interval 3 with a few irregular 

 doubled granules near the base ; on the disc the scales are distinct, round and over- 

 lapping, laterally they are much more dense and form an apparently amorphous 

 incrustation ; each granule with a short depressed white seta, the apical lateral fringe 



