new Species of Pedaria. 
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This species is nearest to one which I have determined to 
be P. picea, from Natal, but differs in having the punctures 
on the thorax less close and in having a finely punctured area 
in front. 
Pedaria nigra , Castelnau. 
This species is figured by Castelnau (Hist. Nat. ii. pi. v. 
fig. 7) under the name P. aphodioides , evidently by an over- 
sight in lettering the plate. The locality placed opposite the 
name in the c Munich Catalogue ’ is u Cap bon. spei,” which 
is an error ; Senegal is given by Castelnau in his description 
of P. nigra , and the same locality is given in Dejean’s Cata- 
logue opposite P. aphodioides . In the 4 Munich Catalogue ’ 
moreover P. cylindrica, Fahr., is placed as a synonym of P. 
nigra , the locality Port Natal being correctly given. I con- 
sider this species quite distinct from P. nigra , from which it 
differs in having an elongate shining tubercle at the base of 
the thorax, as described by Fahraeus. 
Pedaria criberrima ) sp. n. 
Elongato-oblonga, nigro-fusca, parum nitida ; thorace confertim 
fortiter punctato, disco medio leviter transversim impresso, 
lateribus medio leviter sinuatis, ad basin oblique introrsum 
directis ; elytris fortiter punctato-striatis, interstitiis fortiter 
punctatis, punctis in interstitiis quarto et sexto biseriatim positis. 
Long. 7 millim. 
Hab . Senegambia, Old Calabar. 
The head has the punctuation as in P. Taylor i • the clypeus 
has the angles of the emargination slightly dentiform. The 
thorax is rather parallel-sided, but obliquely narrowed at the 
extreme base ; the punctuation is strong and crowded, the 
punctures near the front being a little smaller than at the 
base; at halfway towards the side about twenty punctures 
might be counted in a line from the front to the posterior 
margin ; in the middle of the front margin there is a slight 
swelling (with a light transverse impression behind it), but 
no distinct tubercle ; the punctures on the swelling are smaller 
arid more separated. The elytra have the apex obtuse. 
Owing to the coarse punctuation, the striae (although strong) 
are not so conspicuous as in P. Taylor i ; in the second, third, 
and fifth interstices there are three lines of punctures, but 
owing to the large size of the punctures they are quite 
irregular, as there is not space for three punctures side by 
side. In the fourth and sixth interstices there are two lines 
