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Eletica bicolor Champ, var. fuamboensis n. var. 



Differs from bicolor in having the head proportionate!}' smaller, the 

 eyes rufous and more convex and the head less canaliculated at ver- 

 tex. The coloring is as in bicolor except that the thorax is black. 



"Fuambo, Brit. Cent. Africa, "95-1." 



British Museum. 



This insect may represent a new species, but the extraordin- 

 ary variability in the genus makes it impossible to announce it 

 as such until more material appears. 



E. pallidipcnnis Fairm. E. rufa F. 



Genus EPICAUTA Reclt. 



Epicauta formosensis sp. n. 



Black, with red head, clypeus infuscate; back and sides of pronotum, 

 suture, margin and apices of elytra, edges of ventral segments, epis- 

 terna and mesosterna all edged with white pubescence; form large, 

 robust, elongate, somewhat cylindrical ; head large, subquadrate, strong- 

 ly rounded, a median impressed line on the occiput, pustules back of 

 bases of antennae small, punctuation sparse, but uniform and coarse, 

 punctures on frons a little finer than rest of head, pubescence heavier 

 and larger at back and sides ; labrum poorly obcordate, transverse, 

 sides more strongly punctured than disc, pubescence heavier at anter- 

 ior angles, labro-clypeal suture distinct ; clypeus rounded behind, almost 

 straight in front, transverse, very much more coarsely punctured than 

 head, pubescence stronger at sides ; maxillary palpi long, somewhat 

 slender, art. 2 and 4 about equal in length, art. 3 a little shorter than 

 others and a little broader than 2, art. 4 broader than 3, bluntly rounded 

 and flattened; pubescence sparse; antennae long and robust, art. I 

 the stoutest, 2 about 2-3 as long as i, 3 about i l /t as long as T, 4 a 

 little longer than 2 and gradually increasing and tapering to 10, 11 a 

 trifle longer than 10 and bluntly sharpened ; eyes small, narrow, reni- 

 form. 



Pronotum short, subquadrate, a little narrow behind, strongly con- 

 stricted in front, margin distinctly everted, a slight median depression 

 posteriorly, another at middle of disc ; punctuation not quite as strong 

 as head but very thick and close, pubescence very short and rather 

 heavier at sides; scutcllum rather rounded triangle, medium, some- 

 what smooth ; elytra parallel separately, rounded at apices, ora dis- 

 tinct, nervure indistinct, evenly and finely punctured, granulose, pu- 

 bescence short, close lying; ventral surface a little more heavily punc- 

 tured than elytra ; legs large, long, robust, femora and tibiae a little 

 more finely and thickly punctured than abdomen, pubescence pale; 



