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37. Pachydissus farcifer sji. uov. 



S. P. bnumeus, snbiinreo-grisen-pubescens ; aiitennaram articnlis pi'imis apicibus 

 iiarum iiicrassatis : protliDracc leviter irregulariter plicato, snlco modici aiitice 

 simplice, deinde bifnrrato : elj-tris aiMftibns singulis acnte longe bispinosis ; capite 

 iufra inter ocnlos transverse biplicato ; prostcrno plicatnra magna transversa. 



Long. 27 mm., elytr. 18, lat. 7i. 



Brown, clothed with a grey and somewhat goldi'ii imbescence. Head notched 

 at each side of the front, feeldy sulcate between the u])per Iol)es of the eyes ; its 

 nnderside with two strong and straight transverse folds, separated from each other 

 by deep transverse grooves. Eyes large, the sinus between eye and antenna clotlied 

 with a yellowish pubescence. Antennae abnut a fifth shorter than the body, the basal 

 joints somewhat thickened at the apex, the third joint much longer than the fourth. 

 Protiiorax '[nite irregularly and feebly wrinkled, with a slight tubercle at eacli side 

 in the middle ; disc with twn longitudinal grooves, beginning at the basal transverse 

 sulcus, being first parallel, then abruptly convergent, and lastly, before the middle, 

 CDuflnent, and forming a short middle sulcus close to the anterior constriction of tlie 

 ]irotliiirax ; the space between the grooves is ]]entagonal (like this j^) and without 

 wrinkles. Scutellum broad and ronndi'd. Apex of each elytron truncate, with the 

 angles produced into two long and rather thin teeth. Prosternnm with a deep and 

 broad transverse groove ; the process rounded behind, but nearly vertically ileclivous. 

 Legs paler than the body, witliout carinae. 



Ha/). Bahr-el-Abiad, Abyssinia (Heugliu). 



38. Pachydissus (Derolus (iahan) subaureus sp. nov. 



? . P. niger, sabaurecj-imbescens :. capite infra multiplicato ; fronte l)revi : pro- 

 thorace transverse plicato, plicaturis postice in disi;i medio interruptis : elytris pone 

 basim ad suturam leviter impressis, apicibus oblii[Uc trnncatis, ad snturam spinosis ; 

 ]irocessu prosteruali postice abrnptedeclivi, fere verticali. femoribus leviter carinatis. 



Long. 28 mm., elytr. 19, lat. 7|. 



Black, covered with a golden pubescence. Front of the head very sliort : under- 

 side of the head with many feeble and transverse grooves and wrinkles. Eyes large. 

 Antennae a fourth shorter than the body, with the third joint about a half as long 

 again as the fourth, and scarcely thickened towards its tip. Prothorax with trans- 

 verse wrinkles, which are quite irregular anteriorly, and almost regular, strong, and 

 oblique posteriorly ; the last of the posterior wrinkles obsolete on the disc and 

 interru])ted in the middle. Elytra punctuated at the base, especially near tiie suture ; 

 each apex obliquely truncate, witli the sutural angle spined. Prosternal process 

 rather narrow, and abruptly and almost vertically declivous posteriorly. The antero- 

 lateral process of the metasternum distinct, and nearly touching the mesosternum. 



Hrib. Bahr-el-Abiad, Abyssinia (Heuglin). 



311. Pachydissus (Derolus) arciferus Uahan. 

 Bahr-el-Abiad, Abyssinia (llcuglui). 



4ij. Ceratophorus hirticornis Serv. 

 Gold Coast, Knilu, Upper Congo. 



41. Cordylomera nitidipennis Serv. 

 Senegal, Bogos (Abyssinia). 



