ENTOMOL OGY. 383 



Family LANGURIID^E. 

 Genus Languria, Latreille. 



*I37- Languria Nyass^e, Fowler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1885, 

 p. 384. (Plate VIII., figs. 5, 5«, 50.) 



Elongate, much depressed, rather dark reddish brown, shining ; 

 head moderately broad, very feebly emarginate in front, distinctly 

 and closely punctured ; the sides reflexed and obliquely narrowed in 

 front of the eyes, which are not very prominent ; antennas brown, 

 basal joint short, with a gradually formed club composed of three 

 rather loosely articulated joints ; prothorax slightly convex, about 

 one-half longer than broad, considerably narrowed behind, about as 

 strongly and closely punctured as the head ; anterior angles deflexed 

 and acute ; the sides oblique, with a fine marginal rim ; posterior 

 angles slightly obtuse ; scutellum rounded behind, finely and closely 

 punctured ; elytra a little more than twice as long as the head and 

 prothorax together, rather closely and finely punctate -striate, — 

 these striae very irregular and the punctures obliterated near the 

 scutellum ; the interstices narrow, very feebly elevated and extremely 

 finely punctured ; humeral angles slightly prominent ; the sides 

 nearly parallel for two-thirds of their length, then gradually rounded 

 to the apex ; under side coloured as above ; the sterna and under 

 margins of the prothorax moderately strongly and closely punctured ; 

 the abdominal segments more finely punctured and sparingly covered, 

 especially near the sides, with short and very fine grey pubescence ; 

 legs reddish brown. Length, 9-10 mm. 



From Tati. 



After carefully going through the late Mr. G. R. Crotch's fine collec- 

 tion of LANGURIID.E in the University Museum at Cambridge, and 

 working up the literature of the subject, I have come to the conclusion 

 that this interesting species is most nearly allied to Languria dimidiata, 

 Guerin (Icon. Regne Anim., Ins. p. 314), with which it agrees in form 

 and in the structure of the antennae ; it may, however, be at once dis- 

 tinguished from that species by its uniform brown colour, pro- 

 portionately shorter prothorax, and less distinctly punctate-striate 

 elytra. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a specimen of 

 L. Africana, Chevrolat (Icon. Regne Anim., Ins. p. 314, pi. 50, f. 5) 

 with which to compare it, but judging from the figure and description 

 it appears to differ not only in the colour of the head, prothorax, etc., 

 but also in having the club of the antennae three instead of four jointed. 

 Chevrolat, in the description above referred to, says " Clava anten- 

 narum quinque articulata," but in the figure the seventh antennal joint 

 is represented as little dilated as is the eighth joint of L. dimidiata 

 and L. Nyassce. 



This species is in Mr. E. W. Janson's collection from Nyassa, and 



