( 1S4 ) 



the apex, partly covering the fourth ; the second and third rather densely fringed at 

 the apex with long and strong yellowish hairs. Feiuora rlavate, the posterior ones 

 — broken in the mttle sjiecimen- -of the female reaehiui.' the apex of the third segment 

 of the abdomen. 



Hub. KuUu (A. Monpierys. I^'.l•^>^ and (idld Coast. 



4(). Anisog'aster robustus sp. nov. 



cJ. A. praecedeiiti siniilis, roVmstior. uiitennis deiisins fnrtiteniue granulalis, 

 jirothorace longiore, tnbercnlo latnrali fere aenio, (dytris a]ii('.il>ns in dentem ucutnm 

 prnductis. 



Loni;-. l'.» nini., elytr. 1:5, lat. 4|. 



In colour, pubescence, and form similar to the ])recediug sjieeies. It is more 

 robust, the antennae liave stroutjer granules, tlie ])rotliorax is a little longer and the 

 lateral tubercles less broad and more acute, the scutoUum broader at the apex, and 

 the el3'tra jirodnced into a rather long and slun'p apical tooth. The femora are 

 strongly clavate, the posterior ones reaching the ti]) of the elytra. 



Hab. Axim (\V. Afr.). 



Antennica g<'n. nov. Type: A. niyri/irs sp. nov. 



Frons brevis, ant ice irausversim sulcata, autennarnm tuberculis nuUis ; antemme 

 articulis 1—5 incrassatis, infra, pilosis; prothoras longitndiue panlo latior, parum 

 nodulosns : eljlra postice parum dilatata, singulum apice rotundatnm ; processus 

 prosternalis lamelliformis, coxis globulosis valde snperatus, coxarum anticarnui 

 cavitates exlus valde angulatae, postice ajiertae : S abdominal 11 mis segiueutis i^uatnor 

 primis ntrimpie impressioue ]innctiformi et ad Jianc injj)ressionem tuberculo minuto 

 hirsuto instructis, segmento nltiiun iniiiciito, primo sccnndo parum longiore; j seg- 

 meuto primo secuudo duplo longiore, secnndo lertiocjue ajiicc fimbriatis, tertio jwstice 

 excavato, c|uarto et quinto angustatis ; femora subdavata, postica alxlomiuis seg- 

 ment! quarti apicem attingeiitia. 



Resembles the above-described genus Agnitosleriuim in the jieculiar form of the 

 basal joints of the antennae, and the genus Anisogaster Deyr. in the shape and 

 structure of the abdomen of the female. 



47. Antennica nigripes sji. nov. 

 (PL IX., tijr. 4.) 



c? $. A. pallide ferruginea ; cajiite antice et postice plus minnsve nigro ; 

 antennis nigris, 6 medio fulvis ; ])rothorace mecho et utrinque supra co.xarmn 

 cavitates nigro : scutello nigro, ferrngineo-marginato, apice rotundato ; elytris apice, 

 sen dimidio apicali, Tiigris. singulo disco leviter bicarinato, omnino sat frossc 

 punctatis : gorpore infra jiarum nitido. 



Long. 13 mm., elytr. 9, lat. 2f. 



Ferruginous, without gloss on the up])erside, shining beneath. Upper snrfoce 

 clothed with an extremely short and dense pubescence ; abdomen with some longer 

 hairs ; the apex of the second segment fringed with yellowish curled hairs : the third 

 segment also fringed, but the hairs almost setaceous and of a dark brown colour. 

 Head and prothorax without a distinct punctuation. Antennae black, those of 

 the (S a third longer than the body, those of the ? almost extending to the ti]) of 

 the elytra ; the sixth and two following joints black, or — chiefly in the viale — more 

 or less fulvous ; scape and third joint nearly equal in size, conical : the fifth cylin- 

 drical : the five thickened basal joints very densely fringed underneath with long 



