378 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on 
of punctures, regular at the middle but crowded at the base 
and apex. 
The specimen from Old Calabar has the front part of the 
thorax less parallel, slightly narrowed in front. 
Pedaria alter nans , sp. n. 
Elongato-oblonga, nigro-fusca, subnitida ; thorace crebre minus 
fortiter punctato, leviter convexo, antice non tuberoso ; elytris 
subtilius punctato-striatis, interstitiis quarto et sexto biseriatim 
punctatis, reliquis irregulariter punctatis ; carina subbumerali 
brevi, altera later ali crenulatis instructis. 
Long. 8 millim, 
Hab. S. Africa ( Dr . Smith). 
Although the punctuation in this species is very distinct, 
it is nevertheless considerably finer than in any species with 
which I am acquainted. The head has the angles of the 
anterior emargination distinctly dentiform, and the side 
between this angle and the posterior angle is slightly 
bisinuate. The thorax is slightly constricted at the base and 
has a very slight sinuosity at the middle of the side. The 
punctuation (when compared with other species) is rather fine, 
nearly the same all over ; halfway towards the side about 
twenty-five punctures might be counted in a line from the 
front to the posterior margin, the intervals between the punc- 
tures being a trifle less than the diameter of a puncture ; the 
punctures, however, often touch each other in a longitudinal 
direction. There is no swelling or tubercle in front. The 
elytra have the stride rather fine ; the sutural interstice is 
more closely and rather more strongly punctured than the 
others. The fourth and sixth interstices have each two 
regular lines of punctures, the sixth having other punctures 
at the base. Below the shoulder there is a slightly elevated 
costa, marked with five or six distinct shining tubercles ; and 
on the ninth interstice there is a longer series of similar 
tubercles. 
Pedaria puncticollis , sp. n. 
Elongato-oblonga, nigro-fusca, parum nitida ; thorace convexo, haud 
tuberculato, creberrime fortiter punctato ; elytris striatis, inter- 
stitiis primo et secundo irregulariter punctatis, reliquis biseriatim 
punctatis ; carina brevi subhumerali, altera laterali tuberculis 
parvis instructis. 
Long. millim. 
Hab. S. Africa, Nyassa ? 
