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ruf'ons or brick red; hind tibiiio t'eolily dilated towards the apex. Dorsal part of 

 the last segmcut of the abdomeu of the c? elougate, with the apex ronnded 

 laterally, and eiuarfrinate in the middle; the ventral part is also slightly emarginate. 

 The last segment of the J emarginate. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 16!)2). 



Distinguished from other green species of this geuns chiefly by the sparse 

 punctuation of the elj-tra, and by the shape and structure of the jirnthorax and 

 last abdominal segment of the cf . 



28. Xystrocera femorata (^'hevr. 

 Sierra Leone, Gold Coast. 



29. Xystrocera senegalensis King. 

 Gold Coast. 



30. Xystrocera marginipennis Murray. 

 Cameroons Mts. 



31. Taurotagus subauvatus Gahan. 

 Two specimens from Bogos, Abyssinia. 



32. Taurotagus brevipennis Gahan. 

 Sierra Leone. 



33. Taurotagus vestitus sp. no\'. 



5. T. niger, densissime griseo-olivaceo-viridi-scricans, colore pro luce variante; 

 antennis articulo tertio scapo vix longiore; fronte medio late improssa; prothorace 

 longitudine multo latiore, inaequali, fere subrectangnlare, disco convexo; processn 

 prosternali ])Ostice tuberculiformi. 



Long. 27 mm., elytr. IS, lat. 8|. 



Black, densely clothed with a greyish olivaceous green pubescence, shot with 

 yellowish and chocolate reflections; the latter takes the form of three indistinct trans- 

 verse bands on the elytra. Middle of the front of the head strongly impressed ; 

 median sulcus of the head obsolete on the vertex jwsteridrly. Antennat> broadened 

 towards the tip, a fourth shorter than the body; third joint a little longer tlian the 

 scape and as long as the fifth. Prothorax transverse, nearly rectangular, the sides 

 faintly bisinuate, the disc convex and uneven. Each elytron has two feeble 

 uervules ; the apex is entirely rounded ; punctuation extremely line, but there are 

 some stronger punctures all over except at the apex. Process of the prosternum 

 produced posteriorly into a broad and rounded tubercle. 



Hab. Sierra Leone (Dr. Clements). 



34. Taurotagus klugi Lac. 

 Mombasa (E. Afr.), Rustenburg (Transvaal). 



35. Plocederus chloropterus Chevr. 

 Kuilu and Upper Congo. 



36. Plocederus melancholicus Gahan. 

 Sierra Leone. 



