new sjjecies of ColeoiHera from various localities. 11 



tendency to form rows, and wliicli placed on the lateral 

 carina give it a slightly serrate appearance. The antennas 

 are unusually long and slender, the 2nd joint of the funi- 

 culus is twice as long as the 1st. The scales which clothe 

 the surface are sandy-coloured, except on the dorsal region 

 of the elytra, where they are greyish-a;neous. 



Mab.—Yati (W. Wykeham Perry, Esq.). Brit. Mus. 



ANTHEIBIDiE. 



Diastatropis olivaceus, sp. n. 



Subtus niger, supra tomento olivaceo vel ceneo dense 

 tecto; oculis ovalibus vix prominulis, rostro carina nitida 

 longitudinali distincta ; thorace convexo, antice angustato ; 

 elytris latitudine fere f longioribus, thorace latioribus, 

 dorsim depressiusculis ; an tennis (clava excepta) pedi- 

 busque obscure piceis. 



Long. 7—9 lin. ; lat. 21—3 lin. 



$ . Antenna reaching to the shoulders. Elytra two- 

 fifths longer than broad, very little narrowed at the apex, 

 the sides gently arcuate, each with a broad velvety stripe. 



¥ . Antennas reaching to the middle of the thorax. 

 Elytra relatively a little shorter than in the male, parallel 

 at the sides, bluntly rounded at the apex, delicately striate- 

 pimctate, the interstices alternately obscure olive and 

 c opp ery-^ne on s . 



The thorax in both sexes (although a little shorter in 

 the ? than in the ^ ) is about as long as broad, broadest 

 near the base, much narrowed in front, also a little nar- 

 rowed behind the fine curved ridge, which is across the 

 broadest part, where the sides are not distinctly angular. 



J/tiZ*. — Madao-ascar. Brit. Mus. 



CERAMBYCIDiE. 



Bradycnemis, gen. n. 



Characters oi Phyllo enema , but with the thorax rounded 

 and not angular at the sides. Prosternum horizontal, 

 slightly produced, and cut perpendicularly behind. Pos- 

 terior tibiae very broad and compressed, gradually narrowed 

 to their base. Anteunce [8- or] 11-jointed, rather short 

 and stout. 



