124 ME. B. SHARP ON SOME 



TEEEDOLiEMUS SIMILIS, n. Sp. 



Cylindricus, parum elongatus, nitidus, niger, antennis pedibusque rufis ; 

 subtiliter punctatus. Long. 3 millira. 



Antenna with the middle joints very slender, the basal portion 

 of the club marked off from the pubescent portion beyond it by 

 a very abrupt, almost angular curve. Thorax rather longer than 

 broad, not curved at the side, and just perceptibly narrowed in 

 front, moderately finely and not closely punctate. Elytra with 

 regular series of closely placed fine punctures, and also with a 

 few fine punctures on the interstices. 



Although extremely similar to T. politus, this species is distin- 

 guished by the strongly arcuate line of division between the 

 two portions of the club of the antenna, the basal portion being 

 in addition much smaller than it is in T. politus ; besides this 

 important character, T. similis is smaller, has the thorax straight 

 at the sides, and the punctuation o£ the wing-cases slightly 

 finer. 



On the " Duke's Nose," Dikoya, 22nd December, 1881 ; two 

 examples. 



TeEEDOL^MUS ? BIPLAGIATUS. 



Teredus? biplagiatus, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1863, ii. p. 508. 



Unknown to me. "We may take it for certain that it is not a 

 Teredus, though Motschoulsky gives no reason for the query he 

 has attached to the generic name. 



Antibothetjs, nov. gen. 



Antennae ll-articulatse, base baud occulta, clava laxe biarticulata ; coxae 

 anteriores parum, intermedise magis, posteriores fere late, distantes. Meta- 

 sternum elongatum ; segmenta ventralia marginibus posterioribus incras- 

 satis et oblique truncatis, segmento basali sat elongato, sequentibus duobus 

 simul sumtis vix sequali ; tibiae omnes extus ad apicem acute spinosse ; 

 tarsi graciles, sat elongati, articulo basali sequentibus duobus sequali. 



This is another genus near Bothrideres, but distinguished by 

 the less distance between the front coxse, the acute spinose pro- 

 longations of the tibiae, and the slender tarsi with elongate basal 

 joint. The hind margins of the ventral segments are peculiar, 

 being as it were much thickened and elevated, but with the 

 greater portion of the thickening behind shaved ofi". 



Antibotheus caeifatus, n. sp. 



Rufus, angustulus, parum elongatus, opacus, thorace punctis perparum 



