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P. DE PeYERIMHOFF 
slight longitudinal impressed line; fore border very slightly exca- 
vated; sides nearly straight; hind border excavated on each side. 
Elytra tapering from the base to the tip, parti y aeneous at the base, 
tinged here and there with purple, with punctured and strongly mar- 
ked longitudinal striae, which towards the outer border are slightly 
undulating; tip of each elytron bidentate. Length of the body 8 Unes 
[~ 17 mill.] ». 
Ouâdy P'eïran (Lord). 
BOSTRTCHIDAE 
145. Scobicia barbifrons Walker, List, p. 14 (sub Xylopertha). 
« ïawny, shining. Head black^ with a thick porrect tuft of yellow 
hairs. Prothorax smooth, roughly punctured in front, where it extends 
likea hood over the head. Elytra minutely punctured; apical half 
brownish, dull, more thickly punctured than the basai half. Length 
of the body 1 line [= 3,2 mill.]. » 
Ouâdy Nasb (Lord). 
Se rapporte, selon toutes probabilités, soit au S. pustulatu Fabr. , 
soit au S. Chevriert Villa (cf. Lesne in Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. [1900], 
p. 593, note 1). - - 
Anobiidae 
146. Xyletinus pectinatus Fabr. — Ouâdy eth-Thal!. 
Europe, Sibérie orientale. 
Anthicidae (1) 
147. Mecynotarsus algericus Desbr. — Ain el-Houdrâ!^ ouâdy 
el-Aïn ! . 
Sud de l'Algérie. 
148. Anthicus (Leptaleus) glabellus Truqui. — Ouâdy Aleyat!. 
Grèce, Syrie. 
149. A. (id.) maximicollis Pic — Ouâdy el-Aïn !. 
Jéricho; sud de l'Algérie. 
loO. A. (Stenidius) phoxus Mars. — Ouâdy el-Aïn!. 
Mésopotamie, Arabie, Egypte, Érythrée, Obock. 
(1) Voir M. Pic, Anthicides recueillis en Orient par M. Paul de Peyer- 
imhoff, in Bull. Soc. eut. Fr. [1902], p. 185. 
