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and luteons, the blackish dots being most distinct in interspaces 5, 7, and 9 ; a 

 short antemedian streak in the third interspace is the most conspicuous luteous 

 marking. 



The underside is punctate, the punctures being rather large on the metasternite. 



14. Chirotenon adustum Labr. & Imh. (1842). 



A series of both sexes from Kondu^, the specimens varying in length from 

 10 to 20 mm. (excl. of head). 



15. Chirotenon brevicauda spec. nov. 



(? ? . Ch. adusto similis, magis lutescens, pronoto ntrinque macula conspicua 

 basali nigra notato, pygidio multo breviore, pedibus minus elougatis, metasterno 

 in S crista transversa e pilis suberectis in formam -^^^ positis instructo. 



In the Triug Museum a series from the Kuilu R. (type) and Loanda. In the 

 Luxembourg Museum a series from Kondu6. 



The dark lateral area of the elytra contrasts less with the rest of the upperside 

 than in Ck. adustum. The antenna of the c? is much shorter, particularly segments 

 3 to 7 ; the prothorax is broader, and the legs are much less slender. The foretibia 

 and first foretarsal segment are armed with sharp tubercles on the underside. 



16. Phloeotragus bennigseni Jord. (1910). 



5 <?c? and 3 ? ? from Kondn(^. 



The species was originally described from a single ? in coll. R. v. Bennigsen, 

 now in the Deutch. Entom. Mus. The jiresent ? ? agree well with the type (in the 

 description of which a pen-slip occurs — the femora instead of tibiae being said to 

 have two brownish black spots on the upperside). A special feature of the ? is 

 the long tenth segment of the antenna. The antenna of the S is flattened and 

 longitudinally impressed, and the segments, with the exception of the basal and 

 apical ones, are transversely corrugated and dentate on the inner side. The 

 posterior trochanter has no velvety spot. The lateral carina of the pronotum runs 

 forward to the subapical constriction, but its anterior portion is not quite continuous. 



The largest S is 35 mm. long (inclusive of the proboscis), and the smallest 

 16 mm. 



17. Phloeotragus hottentottus imhoffi Boh. (1845). 



A short series from Konduii (E. Luja) and the Stanley Falls (R. P. Kohl). 



18. Phloeotragus heros F. (1801). 



A series from Kondu^. The differences between this species and the next 



were pointed out in Nov. Zool. xix. p. 04 (1912). 



19. Phloeotragus poliopras Jord. (1910). 

 A series of both sexes from Kondu^, as variable in size as in other localities, 



20. Phloeotragus gigas F. (1801). 

 Evidently very common at Kondue. 



