COLLECTED iif THE ha.dra.m:aut, soitth ab,a.bia. 289 



27. Teittteia OHBICULA.TA, Fah., var. glabra, Sol. ? 



Uuder this name Baudi (Deutsche ent, Zeit. xxv. p. 276) has 

 referred to some Arabian examples and has pointed out how they 

 differ from Egyptian specimens. The examples collected in the 

 Hadramaut appear to be identical with the forms noted by Baudi. 



28. Tektteia sp. 



29. Mesostei^a puncticollis, Sol. 



30. OXTCARA sp. 



31. OXTCARA sp. 



32. Adesmia lacunosa, Klug. 



33. Adesmia cancellata, Klug, var. 



This variety is distinguished by having the prothorax very 

 finely and very sparsely punctured, nitid, and impressed aloug 

 the middle, from the base to near the apex, by a rather fine 

 groove. In the form and sculpture of the elytra the variety 

 completely agrees with the ordinary form. 



34. Adesmia inteerfpta, Klug. 



35. Adesmia tubebculipeea, sp. n. 



Oblongo-ovata, nigra, nitida ; pronoto medio sparse minuteque 

 punctate, versus latera densius fortiusque punctate ; elytris fere 

 totis crebre fortiterque tuberculatis, tuberculis suboblongis, 

 fere regulariter dispositis, tuberculis per angulum inter dorsum 

 subplanatum et latus deflexum paullo angustioribus, costse 

 simulantibus, latere deflexo ipso paullo convexo, sine costa. 

 Long. 16-20 mm. 



To this species I refer a number of examples which are 

 characterized by having the elytra densely studded with rather 

 large and somewhat oblong tubercles ; the disk of the elytra 

 flattened or slightly convex ; the deflexed sides also slightly 

 convex, devoid of a costa, and, throughout the greater part of 

 their extent, almost as thickly and strongly tubercled as the 

 disk. Along the angle formed by the deflexed side with the 

 disk the tubercles are somewhat narrower and give rise to the 

 appearance of a costa. The pronotum is without a median 

 impression, is very finely and sparsely punctured in the middle, 

 more thickly and strongly towards each side, where it is marked 

 off from the flank of the prothorax by a very fine but distinct 

 carina. The male is narrower than the female, its elytra are 

 scarcely dilated towards the middle, and the angle formed by each 

 of the deflexed sides with the disk is sharper and more distinct. 



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