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indicated in the previous s])ecies. The opciput is as much eleviitcd iis in lalipes, 

 aud the mesial groove which divides the elevatiou into two halves is even more 

 pronounced. 



On the ])ronotnm the brown colour is prevalent centrally and the grey 

 laterally, the median stripe of the preceding sjiecies being in antiallus only distinct 

 behind the carina and less broad. The carina is slightly bent forward in the centre. 

 The scutellura is yellowish grey like the basal sntural patch of the elytra. This 

 patch is very ill defined. The sntnre is grey from the antemedian depression 

 to the aj)ex and dotted with brown. The abdomen is brown laterally and bears 

 on each side three rows of white spots, those of the most lateral row being the 

 best defined. The third tarsal segment, as in lituratm, is only very little dilated. 



Paraphloeobius gen. nov. 



Eostrnm breve, versus apicem parum dilatatum, apice sinuatum. Antennarum 

 fossae raagnae, triangalariter transversae, ventrales. Labium trans insertionem 

 palpornm divisum. Oculi laterales, antennarum fossis a])proximati, subtus oblique 

 truncati non sinuati. Antennae breves, clava quadriarticulata. Carina {)rouoti 

 snbbasalis, versus latera arcuatim antrorsum fle.Ka trans medium laterum con- 

 tinuata apicem non attingens. Elytra margine liasali depressa, sutnra non 

 impressa, omnino rotundato-declivia. Prosternnm brevis, coxis paululo elevatis. 

 Metasternura antice fossa transversa profunda instructum. Tarsorniu articulns 

 primus vix tertiae parti tibiarum aequalis. Genotypus : P. tricolor spec. nov. 



The antennal grooves are entirely covered by the sides of the rostrum. The 

 latter is somewhat porrect, being practically in a plane with the frons and occiput, 

 and forms on the underside a very obtuse, rouuded angle with the throat. The 

 buccal plate (false mentnm) is broadly incurved anteriorly. Behind the buccal 

 fissure, i.e. below the antennal groove, there are on each side of the head two 

 long, transverse, smooth depressions bounded by rather sharp edges, similar 

 spaces being found in the allied African genus Euphloeobius Jord. (1904). 



The only species known to me resembles Phloeohius in general appearance, 

 but represents a new genus more nearly related to Pioenia Pasc. (1860) and 

 Euphloeobiiis Jord. (1904). 



". Paraphloeobius tricolor spec. nov. 



c??. Niger, tomento ochraceo vestitus, nigro et griseo notatus, elongato- 

 ovatns, supra fere omnino convexus, subtus deplanatus. 



Antennae nigrae, clava compacta, prothoracis medium paulo snperantes (c?), 

 vel basin fere attingentes (?); articulis 2" tertio parum breviore crassioreque, 

 3'° quarto triente longiore, 8° triangulari, 9" basi apiceque trnncato latitndine 

 hand longiore, 10° transverso duplo latiore quara longiore, 11" subrotundo. I'rouotum 

 postice plus duplo latins quam antice, latitudine brevius, tribus fasciis nigris 

 postice divisis irregularibus griseo notatis oruatum, sat grosse pnnctato-ragatum, 

 ante scutellum depressnm. 



Scutellum griseum, subquadraticnra. Elytra latitudine dimidio longiora, 

 seriatim punctata, striis levissiiue impressis, interstitiis suturali et alternis 

 griseis regulariter nigro guttatis, caeteris ochraceis nnicolorihus. Pygidium 

 rotnndatum medio nigrum. 



Subtus griseus, lateribns ochraceo sufifusis, abdomine ochraceo gnttato. Femora 



