COLLECTED IN THE HADBAMAUT, SOUTH AEABIA. 287 



GrTRINID^. 



12. DiNETJTES iEEEUS, Klug ? 



Four examples taken in the Hadramaut exhibit a slight 

 difference ia the form of the elytra from Egyptian and otiier 

 African specimens with which they have been compared. 



HrDROPHILID^. 



13. Hri)R0us sENEGALENSis, FercJi. 



14. Temnopterus spinipennis, Gory. 



15. Sternolophtjs soliehi, Casteln. 



Scarab ^iDis. 



16. ScARAB^trs isiDis, Casteln. 



17. Heliocopris gtgas, Linn. 



18. Cathaesius ineemis, Casteln. 



19. Chbironitis orsidis, Reiche. 



20. Onitis ALEXIS, Klug. 



21. Oetctes boas, Fah. 



22. Oetctes ehinoceros, Linn. 



23. Cetonia (Pachnoda) histrio, Fab. 



BUPRESTID^. 



24. PSILOPTEEA ARABICA, Sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovata, cuprascens ; capita irregulariter fortiterque et 

 subrugoso punctato ; prothorace a medio antice sat distincte 

 angustato, supra medio fortiter sat dense punctato, versus latera 

 densius subrugosoque punctato, margine basali utrinque sinuata ; 

 elytris punctato-striatis, intervallis paullo elevatis, subcostatis, 

 costis sparse punctatis ; apicibus oblique truncatis, angulo suturali 

 acuto, angulo exteriore denticulato ; processu prosterni bisulcato, 

 sulcis minute setigeroso-punctatis, intervallo medio et lateribus 

 costiformis, impunctatis ; pectore pedibusque fortiter sat dense 

 punctatis ; abdomine foveolatim punctato, segmento primo medio 

 sulcato, punctis foveolisque setigeris ; vitta abdominis utriuque 

 violacea, griseo-pubescente. Loug. 15-16 mm. 



This species somewhat resembles S. rugosa, Beauv., of which 

 it has nearly the same shape, the elytra being, however, more 

 obliquely truncate at the apex. The sculpturing of the head, 

 thorax, and underside is very similar in the two species, but that 

 of the elytra differs pretty considerably. In the present species 



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