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]'-'4. Griphapex scutellaris sji. nov. 

 ?. Gr. obscuro viridis, pariiin auratiis ; unteiiuis podibnsquc cvaiicis : tiliiis 

 vt tarsis fere niuris ; corpore infra ct scutello albo-sericcis. (Japut deusiter, verticis 

 medio panim sj)ai'sius grosse puuctatiim ; froute elougata ; sulco medio antice ot 

 postiee abliveviato. Antennae sca]» elongate, cylindrico, fortiter rugoso-piinctato, 

 articnlo tertio soajio minnte longiore. Protliorax longitndine jiavum angnstior, 

 lateribus medio rotnndatus, antice leviter, ad basim distiuctius constrictns, densiter 

 UTOsse punctatns. Scntellnm sat magnum, triangnlare. Elytra versus aiiiuem 

 j)arnm attenuata, basi recta, lateribus postice parnm cyanescentia, apice angnlo 

 suturali minute rotnndato, externo in dentem latum, sed uon acutum, jirodncto ; 

 creberrime rugnloso-pnnctata, disco liuea longitndinali levissime elevata. Infra 

 fortiter dense punctatns, jiedilms fortiter rugato-punctatis, tiliiis apicibus et tarsis 

 infra ])ube lutea vestitis. 



Long, loi mm., elytr. 6^, lat. 2. 



Upper and nnder surface of the mesosternum, especially the scutelliim ami I he 

 epipleura, densely clothed with a white silky puliescence ; the rest of the under 

 surface as well as the dilated part of the sides of the prothorax have the same 

 pubescence, but very much sparse !■. 



liiil/. t'ameroons. 



Helymaeus Thoms. Type : Litopus nofatirollis Perr. 

 Antennae thickened towards the apex ; scape without tooth; 63-68 large; cheeks 

 short ; prothorax rounded at the sides, subconvex ; elytra truncate at the apex ; 

 anterior coxal cavities open ; femora clavate ; four anterior tibiae carinate. 



1~-")- Helymaeus pallidiventris sp. nov. 



//. niger ; elytris violaceis ; luitenuarnm basi, abdomine pedil)Usi]ue pallide 

 rufis ; tibiis omnibus et tarsis posticis nigro-lirunneis. Capite et prothorace grosse 

 reticulato-puuctatis, hoc lateribus aequabiliter rotnndato ; elytris grosse et jirofnude 

 reticulato-punctatis ; sternis pube grisea, abdomine ])ube lutea vestitis. 



Long. 14 mm., elytr. in, lat. 4. 



Head and prothorax black, densely reticnlate-punctate, the punctures large, 

 circidar, and slightly impressed. Anteuuae black, the three basal joints and nearly 

 the whole of the fourth— in one specimen also the base of the fifth— pale rnfous ; 

 seventh to tenth joints broadly triangular, the last deejily emarginate at each side. 

 Prothorax evenly rounded at the sides. .Scutellum black and iminmctate. Elytra 

 blue, reticnlate-punctate, the punctnres very deeply impressed. Sterna black, in 

 one specimen with a feeble tint of pitchy lirown. Prosternum rugulose ; meta- 

 sternum covered with a dense white pubescence nearly concealing the ratlier obsolete 

 imnctuatioii. Abdomen very pale rnfous, almost Inteous ; legs (lale rnfous, except 

 the blackish tarsi nml hind tibiae. Posterior femora slightly clavate ; all tenmra 

 coarsely punctured. 



Hall. Caffraria. 



Ditfers from its nearest allied ^iedta^,!!. jjalcsfris I'asc, eh icily in the colour of 

 the antennae, nnder surface, and hind legs. 



120. Semanotus feri'ugiueus s]i. nov. 

 ?. S. ferrugincus, antennis pedibusqne nigris ; cainte canaliculato. post 

 antennarnm tuberes nlriiii|uc parnni grauulato ; ]irotliorace antice constricto, 



