. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 1G2 Mr. G. C Champion on the and reticulate. Head small, narrow; antennas ($) long, the joints loosely articulate, 4-10 triangular, longer than broad, gradually decreasing in length, ( ? ) shorter, joints G-10 broader than long. Prothorax transverse, explanate laterally, the sides rounded posteriorly and rapidly converging anteriorly, the lateral carina sinuate and not reaching the base, the disc feebly convex and shallowly canaliculate. Elytra wider than the protliorax, acumi
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. 1G2 Mr. G. C Champion on the and reticulate. Head small, narrow; antennas ($) long, the joints loosely articulate, 4-10 triangular, longer than broad, gradually decreasing in length, ( ? ) shorter, joints G-10 broader than long. Prothorax transverse, explanate laterally, the sides rounded posteriorly and rapidly converging anteriorly, the lateral carina sinuate and not reaching the base, the disc feebly convex and shallowly canaliculate. Elytra wider than the protliorax, acuminate at tip; alu- taceous, sharply tricostate, the interspaces with from 3—5 irregular rows of rather fine punctures, the lateral margins somewhat explanate, the inferior margin crenulate. Abdomen closely punctured, without long hairs at tip. Legs long ; tarsal claws with a small tooth at the middle. $. Ventral segments 4 and 5 each with a deep, trans- verse, arcuate excavation in the centre, that on 4 small, 5 broadly arcuate-eniarginate at apex, 6 bi-impressed ; median lobe of anleagus stout, lanciform, armed with an acute trian- gular tooth on the ventral aspect at some distance before the tip (figs. 2 a, b). Length (H-8, breadth 3-4 mm. ((??.) Fijr. a. b. Melyris laxicornis, sp. n., $. Hab. Africa, Namaqualand (C. H. B. Grant: <$ ? ), Port Nolloth {ex coll. Fry : $ ? ). Ten specimens, a $ from Namaqualand taken as the type. Closely related to the S. African M. viridis, F., but much smaller; the antennae elongated and loosely articulated, and the median lobe of the sedeagus differently shaped, in $ ? the elytra sharply costate and more finely punctate. The colour is variable. M. laxicornis cannot be identified with anv of the Melyris from Caffraria described by Boheman. A J from each locality has been Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance
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