236 SJOSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MERU EXPEDITION. 8: 7. 



Kilimanjaro: Kibonoto, 1300 1900 m. May. 



Head a little wider than the thorax, the temples roundly narrowed, forming with 

 the occiput a rounded curve ; the front and vertex strongly, closely punctured, the former 

 more closely than the latter; the occiput almost impunctate. Antennal scape and the 

 following 2 joints shining, below covered with white hair; the other joints opaque. Pro- 

 notum strongly, closely punctured, slightly more strongly than the head, the apex nar- 

 rowly smooth ; the sides broadly rounded, becoming slightly gradually widened towards 

 the apex; the pleurae smooth except for a few weak scattered punctures above. Meso- 

 notum strongly, not very closely punctured, the punctures being all clearly separated; 

 the scutellum is more weakly and sparsely punctured than it. Mesopleura? with scattered 

 punctures on the raised central part. Pygidium strongly, irregularly, not very closely 

 punctured at the base, the centre distinctly striated, the stria? clearly separated. The 

 pubescence on the head, body and legs is longish, white and moderately dense; the 

 pubescence on the hinder tibiae is dense; the spurs and tarsal spines are white. 



This species approaches T. rugosa SMITH from South Africa ; the latter is a smaller 

 species, has the flagellum of antennae entirely rufous, the tarsi testaceous and the man- 

 dibles red. It is evidently a common species judging from the number of specimens in 



the collection. 



Tiphia margiiiicollis, sp. uov. 



Black, the flagellum of antennae for the greater part brownish ferruginous; the 

 pubescence white, dense on the base of pronotum at the top which is transverse and 

 keeled ; the metanotum opaque, the outer keels distinct, slightly converging towards the 

 apex, the central keel much less distinct and clearly indicated on basal half, the area 

 is irregularly transversely striated; the part outside it is irregularly striated, more or less 

 reticulated; the depression at the base of the apical keel is strongly, but not closely 

 punctured; on the sides is a stout keel, curved round at the apex, to the outer edge, 

 on the basal three fourths, on the innerside of the spiracles; the apical slope is slightly 

 depressed and is opaque, only very indistinctly striated. Front and vertex rather strongly, 

 closely punctured; the temples short, forming with the occiput the segment of a circle. 

 Pronotum, except for a curved band on the apex, strongly, closely punctured. The central 

 third of the mesonotum strongly, closely, the lateral sparsely punctured. Scutellum with 

 the basal slope and a curved band at the apex punctured, strongly but not closely. Pro- 

 pleurae very finely striated, the stria? curved; the base with strong striae. Mesopleurte 

 in the centre distinctly, but not very closely punctured and pilose. Metapleurae closely, 

 obliquely striated, except at the basal lower half, which is strongly aciculated ; its apex 

 is roundly curved. First abdominal segment longish pyriform, fully twice longer than it 

 is wide at the apex, gradually, roundly widened from the base to the apex, which is 

 four times wider than the base; it is strongly, but not closely punctured on the nodose 

 part; the 2nd segment is shining and sparsely punctured; the 3rd to 5th are opaque, 

 closely, finely, almost rugosely punctured; the sides and base of pygidium broadly smooth, 

 the rest coarsely punctured; the hypopygium is not so coarsely punctured and has a 





