i84 INSECT A, ETC. 



The following descriptions are by Mr. Oliver Janson, with whom the 

 type specimens are deposited : 



Galbella Harti, O. Janson, Elongate-ovate, moderately convex, blue- 

 black, shining. Head convex, with a large shallow fovea in front, coarsely 

 and rather closely punctured, a small space just behind the fovea smooth ; 

 antennee strongly serrate from the fifth joint, joints 7- 1 1 twice as broad as 

 long. Thorax coarsely punctured, the punctures closer and somewhat 

 confluent at the sides, slightly impressed near the anterior margin, the 

 basal margin bisinuate, posterior angles acute. Scutellum triangular, 

 smooth. Elytra four times as long as the thorax, strongly punctate- 

 striate, with alternate rows of simple punctures near the suture, the 

 outer disk with coarser confluent punctures, the interstices of which 

 form transverse ridges ; base, sides, and apex confusedly punctured ; 

 humeral callus strong and smooth. Underside strongly punctured ; meta- 

 sternum with a slight central carina ; sides of the abdomen finely serrate. 

 Legs short, tibiae strongly dilated, the outer edge rounded and finely 

 serrate. Length, 6 mm., width 2^ mm. 



Closely allied to G. deccarz, Gest., but differs chiefly from that species 

 in the sculpture of its elytra and in having a distinct fovea on its head. 



The present species is the fifth known of this interesting and peculiar 

 genus (originally referred by Westwood to the Eucnemidcs), the others 

 being violacea, Westw., from India; beccari, Gestr., from Abyssinia; 

 felix (Zanthe), Mars., from Cyprus ; and ccsrulea (pncomoed), Saund., from 

 Siam. 



Heterogamia maris-mortui, O. Janson. <?. Pale testaceous, shining. 

 Head pale yellow in front, the base and eyes black ; antennse nearly as 

 long as the body, ferrugineous. Thorax transverse-elliptical, sparsely 

 punctured, slightly strigose at the base, the entire surface clothed with 

 sparse short rufous hairs, the anterior margin fringed with longer hairs, 

 the disk impressed on each side and marked in the centre with a some- 

 what anchor-shaped ferrugineous spot, the sides semi-pellucid and whitish. 

 Mesonotum uneven, impunctate, ferrugineous brown, with the margins 

 pale ; scutellum black. Metanotum elevated in the centre, uneven, im- 

 punctate, sparsely pubescent, and with obscure brown spots. Elytra 

 pellucid, with numerous irregularly-disposed brown spots ; costal area 



