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new Species o/Pedaria. 
five punctures would form a line from the front to the poste- 
rior margin. The elytra at the base are not broader than the 
thorax, but are gradually widened to the middle and then 
again narrowed to the apex ; the stride are strong ; the inter- 
stices are closely, strongly, and irregularly punctured (except 
perhaps the sixth), the intervals between the punctures very 
narrow and inclined to form small tubercles. 
Pedaria Taylor i , sp. n. 
Elongato-oblonga, nigro-fusoa, parum nitida ; clypeo leviter emar- 
ginato ; thorace confer tim fortiter punctato, antice medio leviter 
tuberoso, lateribns ante medium et ad basin leviter sinuatis ; 
elytris thorace paullo latioribus, sat fortiter punctato -striatis, 
interstitiis fortiter seriatim punctatis. 
Long. 8 millim. 
Hab. Mombas, Rabai Hills (Rev. W. E. Taylor) ; Lake 
Nyassa ( Thelwall ). 
Very similar to P. tuberculigera , but a little less convex. 
The head has the punctuation stronger and the punctures are 
less numerous ; about seventeen may be counted in a line 
from the vertex to the commencement of the clypeus, whereas 
in P. tuber cul iy era about twenty-four might be counted ; the 
line dividing the clypeus from the forehead is very indistinct, 
and the punctures on the clypeus are nearly as strong and 
close as on the forehead ; the outer angles of the anterior 
emargination are very slightly dentiform. The thorax is very 
similar, but is a trifle narrower at the base, and the sides 
have a more distinct indentation immediately before the pos- 
terior angles ; the punctuation is stronger and more uniform, 
with very narrow intervals ; at halfway towards the side 
about seventeen punctures may be counted in a line from the 
front to the posterior margin ; the swelling at the front mar- 
gin is very distinct, but not quite as much raised as in P . 
tuberculigera. The elytra are distinctly more rounded at the 
apex ; the striae are equally strong, but have the punctures a 
little more separated (about one and a half diameters of a 
puncture) ; the punctures on the interstices are strong, 
arranged in lines, slightly irregular on the second, third, and 
fifth interstices, regular on the fourth and sixth. 
The specimen from Lake Nyassa has the punctures on the 
thorax a trifle larger, and the swelling in front is much less 
marked. This is probably the female. 
A specimen from S.E. Africa, Arusha ( F . J. Jackson , 
Esq.), differs from P. Taylori in having the tubercle on the 
