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\^'K Agnitog'aster fasciatus sp. nov. 



,1. iiiger, sHjira olivacu^Hbrumn'o-pubt'sceiis. Capito medio f.eimitei- canaliculato; 

 IViiLite gi'auulata; vei'tice laevi. Auteiiiiis corjiure qiiaita parte lougioi'ibus, scapo 

 grauuloso, articnlu tertio scapo triplo lougiore, articnlis basi griseis. Prothorace 

 basi fortius coustricto quam antice, laevi, laleribus jsarum rotmidato, iuermi. 

 Scntello rotnndato. Elytris sparsim puactnlatis, apicibus siugnlatim rotuudatis, 

 fascia basali commniii ad hiimeros abbreviata, fascia transversa mediana obliqiia 

 ad sutnram iuti-rrupta. macula auteapicali iu siuguli elytri medio sita, margiue 

 a])icali, maculisque duabus parvis lateralibus, una sub-, una posthumerali, griseis 

 notatis. Infra griseo-pubescens ; abdominis segmenti ultimi impressionis parte 

 postica rufo-ocliraceo-pilosa. 



Long. 16 mm., elytr. 11, lat. o. 



Sides of the liead grey, vertex with an exceedingly tine and inconspicuous 

 punctuation. Scape of antennae very short, not reaching the front margin of the 

 prothorax. The latter grey at the sides, and with a dark olivaceous band ; the first 

 of the two anterior transverse grooves dee]), the second feeble, and both of them 

 obsolete on the disc ; basal margin sinuate at each side. Elytra with a sparse 

 punctuation, which is almost concealed by the pubescence; with a basal straight 

 grey baud, extending from une slioulder to the other, and not touching the basal 

 margin, and with another broad and somewhat obli(}ue grey median band, in- 

 terru])ted at the suture, and not quite extending to the outer margins of the 

 elytra ; besides these bands there are some markings of the colour of the bands : 

 a small spot underneath the shoulder, a rounded lateral macula in front of the 

 inedian band, some very small lateral spots liehind tiie liand, and a hwge macula 

 situated in the middle of the disc in front of the apex ; the ajiical half of the suture 

 and the apical margin are also pubescent grey. 



Under surface grey; posterior part of the impression (in the hist abdominal 

 segment covered with ochraceous rufous hairs, (larina of the tibiae very conspicuous. 

 Outer edges of the intermediate tiljiae clothed with a mummy browu pubescence. 

 Hab. Sierra Lecme. 



isl. Alphitopola bipunctata Thorns. 

 KuiJn, Bopoto (Upper (Jongoj. 



1 ■">•-. Alphitopola pallida Thorns. 

 Ogowe. 



l^-i. Alphitopola flava s|i. nov. 



c?. A. rnfa, infra olivaceo-flavo-, supra fiavo-tomeutosa, antennis pedibusque 

 pube grisea vestita. Antennis corpore tertia parte longioribus. Prothorace laseiis 

 duabus dorsalibiis antice ajqiroximatis, et fascia in utroque latere sub tubei'culum 

 sita obscure olivaceis, praeterea macula parva nigra tubercnlum niinutissimura laterale 

 includente, notato. Scntello truncato, latitndine longitudini aeijuali. Elytris elon- 

 gatis, grosse sat dense, versus sutnram sjiarsins, jiunctatis, omnino tlavo-variegatis, 

 macula magna autemediana, sccunda anteiipirali, discoidalibus, flavis. 



Long. IT mm., elytr. 1:^', lat. 5. 



Toraentum of the ujiper surface canary yellow. Antennae reaching the apex of 

 the elytra with tiie eighth joint, thinly grey pubescent. The tomentum forms two 

 large discal spots on each elytron, one of them situated in front of the middle, longer 



