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shape of the frontal marking, the shorter autenuae, anil by tlie hitoral teeth of 

 the prothorax lieing acnter and more arenate ; moreover the t)lack space near rhe 

 scutellnm is much smaller, and the apical spot larger. 



From T. castnia Thoms. it again differs chiefly in the form of the frontal marking 

 in the much straighter basal band of the elytra, in the median baud being also 

 straighter and narrower, and in the longer prothorax. 



Hah. Kuilu (A. i\Ioc(|Herys, 1892). Only female specimens. 



212. Tragocephala elongata sp. nov. 



(J ? . T. nigra, supra nigro-, infra viridi-griseo-pubescens, fasciis et maculis 

 pallide flavis nrnata. Fronte plaga magna, vertice et prothorace utriuqne fascia 

 longitndinali, fasciis prothoracis pone tuberculum laterale albidis. Elytris fascia 

 transversa basali juxta humeros basim attingeutc (humerali angulo ipso nigro) 

 minute arcuata, fascia mediana transversa ad suturam parum versus posticnm dilatata, 

 macula anteapicali parva longe ovata, jiallide flavis, ante maculam anteapicalcm uno 

 vel duobus jjunctis albis notatis : anguhi suturali anguste albo-margiuato. Meta- 

 steruo lateraliter plaga lougitudinali abdomiuisque segmentis medio et lateribus 

 maculis glabris nigris notatis. Antennis J corpore tertia parte longioribus, ? 

 corpori aequalibus; prothorace longitndine Lititudini fere aequali, basi ante scntellum 

 minute emarginata, dente laterali paruui post medium sito ; elytris elongatis. 



Long. 19 mm., elytr. 14, lat. fij. 



Pubescence of all specimens of the large series in the Museum's collection 

 grey with a eonspiciions tint of a greenish colour, sometimes shading into tawny. 

 In some examples the shoulder angles, usually black, are coloured like the basal 

 fascia at tlie elytra. The pale yellow patch at the front varies in size, being in some 

 specimens rather narrow and triangular, and in others large and with the tip ex- 

 tending beyond the antenual tubercles: the streaks of the vertex are also somewhat 

 variable in breadth and length. 



H(tb. Kuilu (A. Mocfpierys, 1892) and Loanda. 



The basal fascia is interrupted at tlie suture m one s])ecimen, which moreover 

 is somewhat stouter than the others, and lietween the two parts of the band are two 

 small white spots, one on each side of the suture. 



Allied is T. castnia Thoms., but the shape is much more slender, the porthorax 

 and elytra are relatively longer, the bands of the elytra are straighter, and the 

 apical spot is narrower and more longitudinally placed. 



213. Tragocephala nobilis (Fabr.). 

 Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Kuilu, and " Congo." 



214. Tragocephala phidias sp. nov. 



J . T. brunneo-nigra, abdomine rufo : nign.i-, ad abdomen griseo-pubescens ; 

 froute ferruginea, genis griseo-tiavis ; vertice utriuque pone oculos fascia obliijua 

 notato : prothorace fascia laterali et elytris lata fascia transversa postmediana ferru- 

 gineis. Antennis Corpori aequalibus : prothoracis tuberculo laterali postmediano 

 obrnso. 



Long. 17 mm., elytr. 12, lat. o. 



Front of the head, except the anteunal luljercles, a longitudinal and somewhat 

 oblique streak at each side of the vertex, a broad lougtudinal band at the sides of the 

 prothorax, a very broad transverse band on the elytra exteuding from the middle 

 two-thirds of the distance to the apex, and the outer margin underneath the shoulders 



