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and the sculpture of the prothorax is very different and, so far as 

 I know, o£ a kind confined to this and the following species. On 

 the elytra of one of my specimens there are a few small black 

 spots. 



PlAZOMIAS MACEE. 



p. anguste-ovatus, niger, opacus, squamis concoloribus sejunctim ves- 

 titus ; prothorace latitudine latiori. Long. 3 lin. 



Hob. Delagoa Bay. 



Narrowly ovate, opaque black, clothed with minute black non- 

 contiguous scales ; head and rostrum as in the preceding, but the 

 second joint of the funicle longer than the succeeding ones ; pro- 

 thorax longer than broad, with numerous grooves ; elytra more 

 coarsely punctured and studded with white setse ; body beneath 

 and legs pitchy brown, with numerous silvery hairs, 



A slender species, with no appearance of scales except under a 

 strong lens. 



SiBEEODACTTLUS ObEETHTJEII. 



S. ellipticus, ferrugineus, griseo-squamosus ; elytris leviter rotundatis, 

 lineatim punctatis, interstitiis planis, latioribus. Long. 4 lin. 



Sah. Landana. 



Elliptic, ferruginous, with grey contiguous scales ; rostrum 

 shorter than the head, concave in front ; antennae pitchy, sparsely 

 setulose ; the two basal joints of the funicle equal in length ; 

 prothorax convex, longer than broad, sulcate in the middle, scales 

 arranged in circles on , slightly raised approximate granules ; 

 scutellum nearly round -, , elytra nearly twice as broad as the pro- 

 thorax at the base, gradually rounded at the sides, punctures in 

 narrow inconspicuous lines, the interstices broad and flat, the 

 scales round, nearly contiguous, many brown, forming small inde- 

 finite spots ; body beneath and legs scaly and setulose. 



The peculiar arrangement of the scales on the prothorax at 

 once differentiates this species, which I have dedicated to M. Eene 

 Oberthiir, of Eennes, to whom I am indebted for many rare 

 species. 



SiBEEODACTTLUS DELECTANS. 



S, oblongus, squamis Isete viridulis dense tectus, setulis nigris adspersus ; 

 elytris minus convexis, seriatim punctatis, interstitiis latioribus, squamis 

 angustis griseis uniseriatim remote obsitis. Long. 3 lin. 



Sab. Old Calabar. 



Oblong, densely covered with pure pale-green scales, and with 



