1896.] of the ColcojJtera of Soutli Africa. 485 



Gen. DISCHISSUS, Bates, 

 Geodoph. of Japan, p. 243. 



Mentum of Microcosmus, last joint of maxillary and labial palpi 

 securiform ; prothorax more ampliate in the median part and more 

 narrowed in the posterior ; antennae with the joints a little more 

 slender, the third one longer than the fourth ; elytra elongated ; legs 

 moderately long, tarsi pubescent underneath, last joint of anterior 

 and intermediate tarsi bilobate, that of the posterior ones incised. 



The species included in this genus have a wide range ; they occur 

 in Africa (Gaboon, Senegal), Java, Japan, North China, and Hong- 

 Kong. 



DiSCHISSUS AMCENULUS. 



Black, moderately shining, densely pubescent, pubescence long ; 

 labrum and antennae reddish yellow ; antennae infuscate ; head very 

 rugose ; prothorax gradually ampliated from the apex to the median 

 part, which is rounded, gradually narrowed from there to the pos- 

 terior angle, which is very acute, lateral part of the base incised, 

 median part broad and projecting behind, disk very rugose, plane 

 with the posterior outer margins slightly recurved and yellowish ; 

 elytra elongated, parallel, truncate at the base with the shoulders 

 sloping, broader by one-fourth than the prothorax at its widest, 

 slightly convex, deeply punctato-striate, the punctures very broad 

 and invading the sides of the intervals which are acute and punc- 

 tured on the tip, the anterior yellow patch, a subhumeral one, 

 extends from the third to the eighth interval, and is longer on the 

 fourth, fifth, and sixth intervals, and the posterior one, which is not 

 so broad, reaches from the third stria to the seventh, and is sub- 

 diagonal, and shorter on the seventh and eighth intervals than on 

 the other three. Length 7-7-|- mm. ; width 3-3J- mm. 



Hab. Mozambique (Eikatla). 



Gen. EUSCHIZOMEEUS, Chaud., 

 Bull. Mosc, 1850, i., p. 413. 



Mentum twice as long as broad, shallow in the median part, 

 median tooth broad, truncate, nearly as high as the lateral lobes, 

 the outer part of which is very sloping ; paraglossae adhering to the 

 ligula and not longer, last joint of maxillary and labial palpi more 

 or less securiform, and very hairy ; antennae moderately slender, 

 hairy with the exception of the basal joint, third joint one-third 

 longer than the fourth; prothorax more or less angular laterally 

 past the median part ; elytra elongated or elongato-ovate, striate, 

 metallic, and with no dorsal markings ; legs moderately long, tarsi 

 thickly pubescent underneath, fourth joint dilated and deeply lobate. 



