The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . longer thanbroad, gradually decreasing in length, ( ? ) shorter, joints6-10 broader than long. Prothorax transverse, explanatelaterally, the sides rounded posteriorly and rapidly converginganteriorly, the lateral carina sinuate and not reaching thebase, the disc feebly convex and shallowly wider than the prothorax, acuminate at tip; alu-taceous, sharply tricostate, the interspaces with from 3-5irregular rows of rather fine punctures, the lateral marginssomewhatex|)lanate,the inferior margin crenulat
The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . longer thanbroad, gradually decreasing in length, ( ? ) shorter, joints6-10 broader than long. Prothorax transverse, explanatelaterally, the sides rounded posteriorly and rapidly converginganteriorly, the lateral carina sinuate and not reaching thebase, the disc feebly convex and shallowly wider than the prothorax, acuminate at tip; alu-taceous, sharply tricostate, the interspaces with from 3-5irregular rows of rather fine punctures, the lateral marginssomewhatex|)lanate,the inferior margin crenulate. Abdomenclosely punctured, without long hairs at tip. Legs long ;tarsal claws with a small tooth at the middle. 3 . Ventral segments 4 and 5 each with a deep, trans-verse, arcuate excavation in the centre, that on 4 small, 5broadly arcuate-emarginate at apex, 6 bi-impressed ; medianlobe of a?deagus stout, lanciform, armed with an acute trian-gular tooth on the ventral aspect at some distance beforethe tip (figs. 2 a, b). Length 6^-8, breadth 3-4 mm. (S ? •) Fie:. a. b. Melyris laiicornis, sp. n., J . Hah. , Namaqualand (C. H. B. Grant: <$ ? ),Port Nolloth {ex coll. Fry : <$ ? ). Ten specimens, a <$ from Namaqualand taken as the related to the S. African M. viridis, F., but muchsmaller; the antennas elongated and loosely articulated, andthe median lobe of the aedeagus differently shaped, in J* • theelytra sharply costate and more finely punctate. The colouris variable. M. laxicornis cannot be identified with anyof the Melyris from Caffraria described by Boheman. A Jfrom each locality has been dissected. African and Asiatic Species of Melyris. 163 b. Antennae shorter, strongly serrate. a1. Species small, black or metallic, above and beneath, elytral margins red in M. rufomarginata Nos. 3-13. bx. Species larger and more robust, metallic above, thelegs in part and abdomen rufescent, the meta-sternuni green Nos. 14,15. 3. Melyris nigra. Mely
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