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pniiftiiiifi'd, esi)eci;illy poshu-iorly towards tlic sides, where there are smue slight 

 rugosities. Scntelhim triangular, almost impunctate. Elytra convex, nearly 

 jiarallel, rounded and narrowed jjosteriorly, each apex very feebly rounded, almost 

 acuminate ; transversely rugulose and si)aringly punctured, the ])unctnres obsolete 

 at the apex ; suture depressed before the njiox ; disc with two slight nervules. 

 Underside finely punctuhited ; legs black, middle of the femora testaceous ; tarsi, 

 especially tjie intermediate and hind ones, silvery grey. 

 Hall. L(]anda. 



lt)7. Oxyprosopus brevis sj). nov. 



?. 0. viridis, aureo-nitens, sli]ii-u pube sparsissima nigra, infra sat deusa et 

 longa griseo-sericea, vestita. Maudibulae elongatae, ajiice abrupte arcuatae. (Japut 

 medio profunde caualiculatum, hoc sulco antice et postice tbrtiter abbreviate ; 

 fronte antice densius quam in medio jiunctulata ; vertice inter oculos transverse 

 rugato, genis infra oculos striatis. Antennae sat crassae, cori]ori fere aeijuales, 

 nigrae, scapo lirevissimo, incrassato, aj)ice extus dentato, jiarum ruguloso, ad basim 

 excavato, articulo tertio scapo jilns dnplo Iiiugiore. Frothorax latitudine brevior, 

 lateraliter autice dilatatus, medio tuberculatus, postice fortiter constrietus, luteribus 

 dense plicatis, iliseo medio subtilitcr ruguloso. Scutellum triangulare, sat magnum, 

 dense punctulatuui. Elytra creberrime suiitiliter ruguloso-punctulata, ajiice com- 

 muniter rotundata, versus posticumatteunatis (fere ut in gcneiti li/iojjaluus Thoms.J. 

 rrosternum rugose piuictatum, parum transverse strigulosum, processu augusto, 

 ])lano ; meso- et metasternum et alidomen densissime minutissime ruguloso- 

 puuctata ; segmeutum ultimum abdominale leviter emarginatuni. Pedes iiigri ; 

 femora medio rubro-testacea, quatuor antica clavata, postica minute iucrassata, 

 elytrornm apicem superautia ; tibiae jiosticae fortiter compressae, versus ajiicciu_ 

 parum dilatatae. 



Long. 21 mm., elytr. 14, lat. .">. 



Vertex impressed and longitudinally and transversely irregularly wriiil<lrd 

 bi'twceu the upper lobes of the eyes. Sides of the prothorax with dense regular 

 wrinkles, some of which turn round the lateral tubercle at its upperside ; b:isal 

 constriction with two raised lines ; disc finely transversely wrinkled, in the middle 

 finely rugulose ; four anterior tarsi, and the tip of the anterior and intenneiliate 

 tibiae clothed with a fulvous grey pubescence ; hind tarsi greyish white. 



Hub. Congo (Stanley Falls). 



This short U.ii/jironoj/iin reminds one of Rlnipnlhus Tlioms. as regards tiie 

 shape of the elytra. 



Rhopalizida gen. nov. Type : ]!/>. riridana sp. nov. 

 Similar to Rliop<ili.iiiti Thorns., but the hind femora nol clavale, sh'iider. 



lt)S. Rhopalizida viridaua sjj. nov.V 

 (W. IX,, )ig. 11.) 

 Rlt. viridis, parum aurata, supra sparsa pube nigra, infra ilensiore argentea 

 vestita ; antennis pedibusipie nigris parum violaceis ; femoribus medio rubro-rulis. 

 Caput fronte dense, vertice densissime punctatum, sub oculos striatum. I'rothorax 

 convexus, snbtilissime deusiter [mnctatus ; basi marginata, uuii)licata; lateribus fere 

 ae(]uabilitor rotundatis. Sculellum triangnhire, basi dense punctatum. Elytra 

 postice attenuata, ajiice commuiiiler rotuudata, angulis suturalibus subrounnlatis. 

 Long. 1(3 mm., elylr. In', hil 4. 



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