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hairs. Anteuuae black, with a tiut of brown ; the four basal joints densely rugosely 

 punctured. Protliorax half as long again as broad, reticulated, slightly bicon- 

 stricted, the sides with very obtuse angles in the middle. Scutellum rufons, with 

 the margins blackish. Elytra black, coarsely and rngosely j)unctnated, the anterior 

 margin of the l)asal punctures somewhat raised, which gives the base a granular 

 appearance ; the punctnres diminishing in size towards the apex. Each elytron has 

 two large brick red maculae on the disc ; the first is elongate and extends from 

 behind the basal margin to the middle, the second anteapical and regularly elliptic. 

 Prostcrnum transversely rugose, abdomen s])ariugly punctuated. Legs black, the 

 middle of the femora nifnns brick red, tarsi dark ]>itchy brown, with the two last 

 joints paler. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay. 



Ceresida gen. nov. 



cj ? . Caput inter antennas parura concavum ; oculorum lobi superiores parvi 

 late distantes ; antennae (<?) corpore duplo, (?) dimidio longiores, glabrae, artictdis 

 tertio, quarto, qninto intus subdentatis, tertio arcnato et scapo duplo longiore ; 

 prothorax lateribus leviter rotnndatns, disco deplanato : scutellum breve, subro- 

 tnndato-truncatum ; elytra versus ai)icem ]Mxrum atteuuata, apicibus singulatim 

 rotundata : processus prosternalis lamelliformis, postice subverticalis, processus 

 mesosternalis sat angustus ; cavitates coxarum anticarum extus angrdatae, postice 

 apertae : femora clavata. postica {i) abdominis a])icem, sen (?) segmenti tertii 

 apicem attingentia. 



To be placed before Ceresium Newm. 



50. Ceresida sutui-alis sp. nov. 

 (Pi. IX., fig. 1.) 



c? ? . C. ferrnginea, fenioribus medio rufis, pube brevissima vestita. Ca]mt fere 

 imj)nnctatum ; jirothorax lateribus aequabiliter snbrotundatns, c? latitudine (juarta 

 jiarte longior, ? longitndine latitudiui aei|uali. disco fcrc piano ; scutellum trans- 

 versnm, subtruncatum, nigricans ; elytra sntnra margiuibusque externis uigri- 

 cantibus, basi truncata, humeris prominulis rotundatis, irregulariter punctulata, 

 singuhim disco nervo conspicuo elevato instructum. Prosteruum punctatum et 

 ((?) transverse rugosum : metasternum lateribus punctatum ; abdomeu miuutissime 

 obsolete jinnctatum. 



Long. 14 mm., elytr. lo, hit. 3^. 



Ferruginous, densely clothed with an extremely short and tine grey pubescence. 

 Head with obsolete jmncrnres on the vertex, chiefly in the ?, the remainder 

 impuuctate ; a fine middle sulcus not extending beyond the small upper lobes of 

 the eyes. iScajie of antennae granulate, the second joint relatively long. Protliorax 

 finely punctured, about a ({uarter longer than broad and slightly biconstricted in 

 the <?, scarcely longer than broad and constricted only at the base in the ? ; the 

 sides feebly rounded, the disc flattened. Scutellum black, a little broader than 

 long, the sides rounded, and the apex feebly truncate. Elytra blackish brown at 

 the suture ami outer margins, punctulated, with the interstices much larger than 

 the punctures ; each elytron with a distinct raised nervule in the middle of the disc. 

 Prosternum punctuated and transversely wrinkled all over {S), or only in front (?). 

 Legs rufous, the base and tip of the femora and all tarsi dark bnnvn. 



Uab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, 1892). 



