( 200 ) 



one of them is basal and sutnral, anteriorly just fondling the scntellnra, rounded 

 in front and narrowed behind; another is phieed at the side of each elytron, 

 occupying the median half of the latenvl part of the elytra, and extending internally 

 bevoud the middle of the disc ; two black rounded spots are situated at the margin 

 of the median patch, one lateral i>lace<l liehind the shoulder, the second smaller and 

 less shari)ly marked on the disc in front of the middle. Sides of the mesosternnm 

 and the anterior i)art of the posterior episternum snowy white. 

 Hab. Sierra Leone (Dr. Clements). 



178. Prosopocera fryi Murray. 



Kuilu. 



Agnitogaster geu. nov. 



Diflfert a geuere Prosopocera Blanch. : c^apite snlco arcuaro interantennali fere 

 nullo ; abdomiue segmento ultimo impressione 3-''""™i densiter pilosa, vel autice 

 pilosa postice glabra, instructo ; tibiis carinatis. 



Type : Agnitogaster oariegatus s]). nov., from Kuilu. 



170. Agnitogaster variegatus sjj. nov. 



A. nigro-liruiiiieus, supra jiube uigro-olivacea vestitus. Capite froute grauulato, 

 pone oculos griseo. Antennis corjiore jwirurn longioribus, articulis basi griseis, scapn 

 brevi, grauulato, artictdo tertio scapo duplo h)Mgiore. I'rothorace dente lateraU 

 parum arcaato armato, antice et postice transverse bisnlcato, disco me<lio sulco 

 transverso sat inconsjiicuo jianun arcuato instructo ; lateribus griseo-pubcsceutibus. 

 jnxta deutem puuctis grossis instructis. Elytris apice communitcr rotuiidatis, 

 augulis intemis subrotundatis, lateraliter grosse, versus suturara minutius et 

 sparsius puuctatis ; dimidio autico griseo-et nigro-olivaceo-variegato, plaga magna 

 hnmerali et dimidio jiostico nigro-olivaceis, parum praecipue ante apicem prope 

 suturam griseo-variegatis ; singulo elytro puuctis duobus inconspicuis nigro-olivaceis 

 notato, uno laterali posthumerali, secuudo discoidali aniemediano. Infra grisesceus. 



Long. 1(5 mm., elytr. 11, lat. o. 



Scape of antennae short, granulated and putu-tulated, witli u strongly granular 

 cicatrix. Pnjthorax twice as broad as long, with the basal margin slightly sinuate 

 near the sides ; lateral teeth curved and rathei- thin ; sides with some coarse 

 punctures behind and underneath the tubercle. Scntellum as long as broad, 

 rounded at the apex. Punctuation of the elytra strong but not close at the sides, 

 finer and sparser near the suture, esj)ecially towards the apex, the ])nnctures 

 arranged in short rows here and there. Anterior half of the elytra grey, finely 

 spotted with dark olive, including a large humeral dark olive patch, which is 

 sometimes extended to near the suture ; posterior half dark olive, with many 

 small grey spots, especially near the suture; one of the spots is usually larger 

 and situated near tlie suture at the beginning of the apical quarter. Each elytron 

 bearing two dark olive and rather inconspicuous spots jdaced as in P. hipnuctata, 

 ocellata, antennata, etc. ; one example is devoid of the discal sjjot. Under surface 

 uniformly pubescent grey, with a tint of olive. The villose hairs of the impression 

 of the last abdominal segment of a butf colour. 



Hab. Kuilu (A. Mocquerys, lii'i)'^) and Loanda. 



