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42. Litotropis pistor spec. nov. 



? . L. provido Fahrs. (1839) colore similis, sed rostro longitudine duple latiore. 

 Long. (cap. excl.) : 4'5-5o mm. 



2 ? ? from Kondiie ; type in the Tring Museum. 



Brownish black, the antenna and mouth-parts pale rufous, the tibiae and tarsi 

 rnfescent or rufons. Pubescent white, the sides of the pronotum densely mi.xed 

 with fuscous, a sharply defined lateral patch on the elytra brownish black, as are 

 also a narrow subapical band and some dots in interspaces 1, 3 and 5. The lateral 

 patch is more or less truncate at both ends. The tibiae bear a small brownish black 

 spot at the base and a larger one close to the apex. 



The rostrum is distinctly broadened apically, and is here twice as wide as it is 

 long. The lateral angle of the pronotal carina is slightly over 90°, and has the 

 extreme tip rounded off. 



43. Gynandrocerus antennalis Lacord. (18(36). 

 % S i from Kondn6. 



44. Phloeobius retusus Imh. (1842). 



A series from Kondn(5. The specimens from South and East Africa, as a rule, 



are more distinctly tessellated than West African ones, but do not seem to differ 

 otherwise. They are cordiger Fahrs. (1839). If further examination should confirm 

 my view that the two names apply to geographical forms of the same species, the 

 name of the species will be cordiger. 



45. Phloeobius dama Imh. (1842). 



1 c? and 2 ? ? from Kondu<^. P. affinis Kolbe (1895) is apparently 



synonymous with dama. 



46. Phloeobius podicalis Kolbe (1895). 



1 c? from Kondue. The West African examples do not differ from the East 



African ones. 



47. Phloeobius catenatus insignis subsp. nov. 



A P. cat. catenato Kolbe (1895), ex Africa orientali, diflfert pronoti guttis 

 griseis et maculis basalibus nigris majoribus, et area anali elytrorum nigro signata. 



Type in the Tring Museum from Barombi, Cameroons ; also a series of both 

 sexes from the Cameroons, Congo, and Gaboon districts. 



4 (? c? and 1 ? from Kondue. 



48. Phloeobius humilis Kolbe (1895). 



3 cJ c? from Kondue. 



49. Anacerastes variegatus Kolbe (1895). 



A short series of both sexes from Kondue. The species of Anacerastes do 



not present any very striking structural differences. The colouring, moreover. 



