256 ME. J. S. BALY ON NEW SPECIES 



Genus Pachnephokus, Bedterib. 



Pachnephorus torridus, n. sp. Elongatus, subcylindricus, piceus, 

 nitidus, squamis oblongis bifidis albidis et fuscis dense vestitus, 

 antennis piceo-fulvis ; thorace fere sequilongo ac lato, profunde sat 

 crebre punctato, squamis sordide albidis vestito; elytris oblongis, 

 thorace latioribus, convexis, infra basin transverse exeavatis, fortiter 

 punctato-striatis, squamis fuscis et albidis variegatis. " Long. If lin. 



Hal). Banks of the Niger. 



Head rotundate, coarsely punctured ; vertex convex, closely co- 

 vered with adpressed, whitish, oblong scales ; front impressed 

 with a longitudinal fovea, clothed with much narrower scales than 

 those on the vertex ; clypeus elevated, transverse, sparingly clothed 

 with suberect silky hairs ; labrum pale rufo-piceous ; jaws black, 

 their apices rufo-piceous ; antennae about a third the length of 

 the body, piceo-fulvous. Thorax not longer than broad ; sides 

 straight and converging from the base to far beyond the middle, 

 thence rounded and converging to the apex, upper surface convex, 

 closely covered ■with large round punctures and clothed with dirty 

 white scales. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, clothed with white 

 and fuscous scales longer and narrower than those on the thorax, 

 the white ones forming irregular patches on the surface. Legs and 

 abdomen covered with adpressed linear scales. 



Pachnephorus Bretinghami, n. sp. Oblongus, convexus, piceo- 

 niger aut niger, nitidus, squamis adpressis bifidis albidis dense vesti- 

 tus ; antennis pedibusque sordide rufo-piceis ; thorace vix latiore quam 

 longiore, sat profunde punctato ; elytris thorace latioribus, obovatis, 

 convexis, infra basin exeavatis, profunde punctato-striatis, interspa- 

 tiis nitidis, leviter obsolete rugulosis, ad apicem convexiusculis ; 

 humeris prominentibus. Long. ] § lin. 



Hob. India. Collected by Mr. Bretingham. 



Head strongly punctured, excavated between the eyes ; clypeus 

 transverse, thickened at the base ; antennge more than a third the 

 length of the body, five of the joints stained with fuscous. Thorax 

 scarcely broader than long ; sides straight and diverging from the 

 base to far beyond the middle, thence rather abruptly rounded and 

 converging to the apex ; above subcylindrical, convex on the disk, 

 deeply punctured, clothed with deeply bifid, narrowly oblong, ad- 

 pressed scales. Elytra broader than the thorax, obovate, convex, 

 each elytron deeply excavated below the basilar space, deeply and 

 coarsely punctate-striate, the puncturing rather finer towards the 

 apex ; surface clothed with similar scales to those on the thorax ; 



