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attingeute, fascia postiin'rliaiia vaMo ()bli(|iia aiisciistn. macula arcnnta aiitoapicali (in 

 siiijriilo ('lytro), ante banc, maculam diiabus mai!ulis parvis, florpfiretjue iutVa caenileo- 

 glaucis. Metastenio latei'aliter macnla aiigiista ct abdomiiie si'trmmitoniiu medio 

 Pt macnlis lateralibns atris. Antcnuis corpDi-e panira hrcviorilms. idyn-is basi ad 

 humeros impresso-emargiuatis. 



Long. 27 mm., elytr. 19, lat. 7i. 



The outline of this peouliarly enlonred spccios is almost like that dl' T. (/uprini 

 White, which likewise has au oblique band on the front of the head bordering 

 the anterior margin ol' the cheeks and ending in front of the antennary tuber ; the 

 base of the elytra is deeply emarginate near the shoulders in both specie.?. 



In T. caerulescei7.i the prothoraoic vitta includes the black lateral tubercle: the 

 basal fascia of the elytra is narrowly interrupted at the suture and bears a short line 

 in front (on each elytron) ruuniag towards the scutidlum ; shoulder angles black. 

 The second banil narrow, beginning above the a])ex of the first abdominal segment, 

 at first somewhat straight and then strongly ()iJii(iie. 



Hah. Kuihi (A. Mocquerys, lSi)2). 



2U0. Tragocephala occidentalis sji. nov. 



T. nigra ; tota froute, vertice utrinque vitta obliqua, prothorace fascia laterali 

 ])Ostice latiore, elytris corporeque infra pallide griseo-fulvis ; elytris maculis uigris 

 notatis, prima communi circumscutellare, secuuda humerali miuutissima, tertia post- 

 humerali ad marginem exteriorem sita, quarta sutuvali lata triangulare, antice 

 rotundnta, fere ab medio us(pte ad aj)icem exteusa ; praeterea elytrorum marginis 

 externi tertia parte apicali, abdominalium segmentorum maculis parvis lateralibus 

 et medio nigris ; elytris ante medium macula parva communi hrunuea. Antennis 

 corpore longioribus ; prothorace dente latei-alis ijostmediano tumido apice truucato. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. 16, lat 7. 



Hah. Congo (exact locality ?). 



Allied to T. mniszechi Thorns, from Natal. 



207. Tragocepliala gorilla Thoms. 

 .\ small series of specimens from different localities, though considerablv varv- 

 ing in size as well as in pattern of elytra, are to be referred, I believe, to this 

 species. 



a. In the typical form with the maj-kings of an ochraceous colour, the longitudinal 

 broad band of the elytra includes three black spots at the sides, the first of them is 

 placed on the shoulder angle, the third almost in the middle of the elytron ; pubes- 

 cence ol' the under surface olive buff, tinged with tawny. Gold Coast. 



b. Colour of the markings and under surface olive yellow. Ogowe K. 



c. Third lateral spot enlarged. (Jold Coast and Kuilu. 



d. This spot enlarged and connected with the black region of the suture. Gold 

 Coast. 



2US. Tragocephala mocquerysi sp. nov. 

 ? . T. atra; I'asciis maculisque flavis oruala. Kroute ante oculos linea brevi et in 

 medio vitta usque ad verticem extensa, veitice utrinque vitta obliqua, ; prothorace 

 fascia lalerali (postice albida) ct macula aiitescutellare, elytris basi vittis duabus 

 k)ngitudinalibas, una media basim exfremam non attingente, secunda sublmmerali 

 ad marginem exteriorem sita, fascia transversa mediana fere divisa in partes tres, 

 maculaqne anteajiicali flavis notatis. Praeterea elytro singulo post fasciam 



