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mediaiiain imnctis iluobns, ct aus:nlo sutnnili albis. ( "orpoiv infra flavo-toiuentoso ; 

 metasterno uiacnla elougata laternli, se<rmeiitis al)dominalibus medio ct maciilis 

 lateraiibus iiigris, segmenti ultimi macula lateral] et caeteroriim segmeutornm basis 

 medio grisescentibus. Elongata : anteimis cor])ori aecinalilnis ; ])rotlioraee latitndiiie 

 jiarum longiore, dente lateral! {)ostmediaiio sat brevi. 



Loug. 1(3 mm., elytr. 12, lat. 4i. 



Htrb. Ogowe R. (A. Moccperys, 1^92). 



Similar in shape to T. galatliea Chevr., bnt different in colour and pattern of the 

 markings. 



2i>9. Tragocephala confluens sp. nov. 



?. T. atra ; fronte plaga magna trianguhui', vert ice ntrimque vitta obliqua sat 

 lata, prothorace fascia laterali pone dentem parum angustata, elytris fascia basali ad 

 snturam vix interrupta — singulis humeralibns ot spatio circnm scutelluni nigris, — 

 fascia mediana oblii|na ad suturani dilatata, in singnlo disco cum fascia basali con- 

 nexa, maculaque anteapicali sat magna ochraceis albo-cinctis. Post fasciam 

 elrtrnrnm medianam in singnlo elytro pnnctis tribns albis transverse dispositis ; 

 jirothorace medio ante basim macula parva alba ; scntello apice pance griseo-pubes- 

 cente. Sternis ef abdominis segmeutis secuudo ad ipiartnm lateraliter ochraceis et 

 nigro-maculatis ; segmentornm basi et medio, et segmenti ultimi macula laterali 

 griseis. Pedibus griseo-pubescentibus, femoribus macula ochracea ornatis. Antennis 

 corpore paulo brevioribus : prothorace dente laterali postmediano minute arcuato. 



Aherr. a. : Elytrornm fascia basali ad suturam valde interrupta et cum fascia 

 mediana hand connexa. 



Aherr. h. : Ut sub a, sed prothorace sine macula basali. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. 16^, lat. ~\. 



Hah. Gold Coast, Gaboon, Ogowe. 



The variety mentioned suh a is closely allied to T. caatnia Thoms.; its shape is, 

 however, more slender, and the bands of the elytra are bordered with white. 

 Scntellum sometimes entirely black. 



210. Tragocephala castnia Thoms. 

 Sierra Leone and '• ('ongo.'" 



211. Tragocephala ochracea sp. nov. 



? T. nigra, fasciis maculiscpie ochraceis ornata. Fronte ante oculos linea lata 

 transversa, medio fascia longitndinali lateribus parallelis ; vertice utrinque fascia 

 obliqua. Antennis (j) corpore brevioribus. Prothorace utrinque fascia lougitudi- 

 nali dentem lateralem includente, hoc acnto, distincte arcuato, postmediano, apice 

 nigro ; basi ante scntellum emarginata ; longitudine latitudini fere aivpiali (dentibus 

 lateraiibus exclusis). Elytris basi ochraceis, spatio ad scntellum et angulis humer- 

 alibus nigris exceptis, fascia submediana sat angusta, ad suturam versus posticum 

 dilatata, macula anteapicali sat magna irregulare, ante banc macnlam duabus (in 

 singnlo elytro) pnnctis ochraceis, nngnlo suturali albo-marginato. Cor]>ore infra 

 ochracco-tomentoso ; metasterno lateraliter aiacnla longitndinali abdomiuisque 

 segmentis medio et macula laterali glabris nigris. 



Long. 22 mm., elytr. 16, lat. T-i. 



Distinguished from its nearest allied species T. rlonontn sp. nov. by the some- 

 what stouter form, the darker yellow colour of the bauds and under surface, the 



